The penitentiary movement and harm to this culture
May 24, 2009
| by Fr. Ernesto Obregon | 3 Comments
As I wrote on my post for 21 May, the original penitentiary movement was meant to do away with cruel and unusual punishment and replace it with a system based on Christian thought and oriented towards rehabilitation. In fact, there are three words that are often found in discussions of our prison system: Rehabilitation — the restoration of someone to a useful place in society Retribution... [Read more]
