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| Speakers assess impact of mass incarceration |
| By ndsmcobserver.com - Haleigh Ehmsen |
| Published: 12/05/2013 |
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Saint Mary’s hosted the Symposium on Women’s Incarceration on Tuesday to discuss how the current increase in female prisoners affects American society, according to Dr. Adrienne Lyles-Chockley, a lawyer and coordinator of the Justice Education program at Saint Mary’s. “Saint Mary’s College is founded on four core values: learning, community, faith and spirituality, and justice. This event is designed to affirm each of these,” she said. “The symposium [provides] a context for talking about women’s incarceration, for examining the intersection of issues including gender, race and poverty that underlie the crisis of incarceration, and for developing solutions to the crisis grounded in justice, equality, dignity and solidarity.” Fr. David Link, a current chaplain in Northern Indiana prisons, said mass incarceration in the United States especially affects women. “The overall rate of incarceration is going down slightly, while the rate of female incarceration is rising at an alarming rate,” Link said. “For several decades America has been waging a so-called war on crime. Nonetheless, many aspects of the crime cycle have been in fast-forward since the 1980’s, despite this so-called war on crime.” Read More. |
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