Opinion
Sleep out for Syria
Thursday, April 21, 2016
“No one leaves home / unless home is the mouth of a shark” - “Home” by Warsan Shire
ND for restorative justice: call to action
Monday, April 18, 2016
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, punishment for a crime “in addition to defending public order and protecting people’s safety, has a medicinal purpose: As far as possible, it must contribute to the correction of the guilty party.” In 1980, 32 percent of Americans agreed that the primary purpose of prison was to rehabilitate, not punish; by 1993, 61 percent of Americans felt that prison was a place strictly for punishment. This shift in opinion has filled our prisons with repeat offenders, wasted taxpayers’ money, perpetuated racial discrimination, and, above all, harmed our communities. The time to shift the model of our justice system is now.
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