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HM Prison Leicester in the United Kingdom. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Bishop says prisoners in the UK need methods of ‘restorative justice’

Nov 28, 2024
Charles Collins

A soldier stands amid pedestrians as his military group patrols a residential area of northern Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 11, 2024. (Credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP.)

Militarization of Ecuador prisons causing starvation and torture, Church officials claim

May 23, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flashes a heart-hand sign at supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 1, 2023. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

Brazil Bill that ends temporary release for non-violent criminals is criticized by Church

Apr 4, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope calls for more humane prison life after Ecuador deaths

Oct 3, 2021
Associated Press

Bishop: Reports of women prisoners being abused are ‘disgusting, shameful’

Feb 26, 2021
Catholic News Service

Bishops support Biden’s racial equity orders related to housing, prisons

Feb 2, 2021
Catholic News Service

As pandemic spreads in Brazil’s prisons, inmates complain of torture

Jan 30, 2021
Eduardo Campos Lima

Prisons as pandemic super-spreaders: Latin American church raises alarm

Aug 13, 2020
Eduardo Campos Lima, CNS

Iowans who have completed sentence for felony conviction can now vote

Aug 13, 2020
Barb Arland-Fye

Catholic leaders decry prisoners’ exposure to COVID-19 during pandemic

May 24, 2020
Mark Pattison