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The Public Policy Office of the Roman Catholic Church in Massachusetts
Criminal Justice
Just as God never abandons us, so too we must be in covenant with one another. We are all sinners, and our response to sin and failure should not be abandonment and despair, but rather justice, contrition, reparation, and return or re-integration of all into the community.
USCCB 2000 pastoral statement, Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice
MCC Testimony 2011 - 2012
- Health Education in Women’s Correctional Institutions (pdf)
- Safe Pregnancies and Related Health Care for Female Inmates (pdf)
- Medical Release of Terminally Ill Inmates (pdf)
MCC Testimony 2013 - 2014
Medical Release of Terminally Ill Inmates (2013) (pdf)
