tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011722518762175916.post8250673358404177050..comments2024-02-26T12:08:30.411+00:00Comments on Here goes...: Redeeming PrisonGraham Tomlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17122843483424739088noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011722518762175916.post-9022980985663820672017-04-12T07:25:28.911+01:002017-04-12T07:25:28.911+01:00Thanks for an illuminating if sad reflection.
Pri...Thanks for an illuminating if sad reflection.<br /><br />Prisons are necessary, but how we treat people in them is a clue to the type of society that we are part off. I'm not one of those who suggest that locking them u and throwing away the keys is the solution. I believe in resttorative justice, where Prisoners confined, are given the opportunity to make amends for their past deeds and their victims have an opportunity for closure and forgiveness. <br /><br />But we also need to build prison institutions, where inmates have sufficient personal space and time to reflect, to learn and to socialise in ways that are not combative, but a reflection of the peace of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />Surely, we can see that our common humanity means that locking people away as a punitive measure, while it might satisfy the need for vengeance, isn't what we should be doing. Rehabilitation is needed in real ways, to empower and enable inmates to take responsibility for their own lives, through real education and training that will prepare them for life in community when the return to the outside life, as they surely will.<br /><br />The also needs to be treatment for addictions, to get people off of drug dependency and to give hope that a brighter future and better health is there for the taking.<br /><br />If we want prison to be redeeming and redemptive, surely we need to move away from the old system to a more enlightened one. I pray that we will see that light and soon.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com