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June 17, 2017

Book: A compelling, critical look inside Canadian prisons

Robert Clark’s “Down Inside” provides the reader with an authentic, unvarnished view of how prison staff perform their duties and how prisoners learn to survive, writes Jim Black.

Down Inside: Thirty Years in Canada’s Prison Service by Robert Clark (Goose Lane Editions, soft cover, 265 pages, $22.95).

Winston Churchill reminded us many years ago that the way we treat crime and criminals is a reliable test of the civilization of any country.

Published in Book News
April 3, 2017

Healing power comes in many forms

Deacon George Jurenas talks about a time where he found joy in the halls of pain.

A Catholic deacon’s ministry is usually found in one of three areas: hospitals, missions and prisons. For me, the blessing is to minister to the sick, their families and caregivers at a major hospital.

Published in Call to Service
May 23, 2016

Vine and branches: Chaplains work to uproot radicalization in prisons

Filipino inmates share a cell at a jail facility in Manila, Philippines, in this April 17, 2006, file photo. Combating radicalization in prisons will be addressed at a May 30-June 1 gathering in Strasbourg, France.

VATICAN CITY – With visits to detention facilities and washing the feet of the detainees, Pope Francis has placed renewed emphasis on the work of mercy of visiting prisoners. 

Published in Faith