Argentinian seminary closed after defying bishop's 'Communion on the hand' order
- Aug 5, 2020
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Catholic leaders decry prisoners’ exposure to COVID-19 during pandemic
- May 24, 2020
A May 19 statement by 14 Catholic leaders, including five bishops, decried the danger people in prison are exposed to during the coronavirus pandemic.
New York religious leaders endorse bill to end solitary confinement
- May 14, 2019
Solitary confinement is in widespread use in prisons across the United States and, in New York state alone, more than 3,000 inmates are isolated in 6-by-10 cells for over 23 hours a day.
Solitary confinement in U.S. prisons qualifies today as torture
- Apr 20, 2019
Religious groups including the U.S. bishops argue that long-term solitary confinement in prison is a form of torture.
Criminal justice reform: First Step Act today, what steps tomorrow?
- Dec 23, 2018
The First Step Act is now law. It took about five years of effort to put it together in such a way that a broad bipartisan coalition in both houses of Congress could vote for it, but that resulted in a narrow bill that left out anything that could have gutted the effort.
How much time if you do the crime? New bill aims for surgical cuts
- Jun 2, 2018
The federal government could start shaving the size of its prison populations if the First Step Act becomes law.
Bishop calls on Ivory Coast to ease prison overcrowding
- Apr 14, 2018
Bishop Antoine Koné of Odienné, the president of the Ivory Coast bishops’ commission for social pastoral care, has called on the government to ease overcrowding in prisons.
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