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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joe Van Brussel
Making it more difficult for families to visit prisoners, or have any contact with them, is contrary to respect for human life and dignity.
A jail cell in a Federal Penitentiary in Texas. (CNS photo/Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Dept of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters)
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
It costs more to be poor in the United States.
Pope Francis blesses a prisoner as he visits the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia in September 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jim McGreevey
Pope Francis reminds us that we must "cleanse, heal and restore" the sinner, including those returning to society from prisons.
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Politics & SocietyFeatures
Katie Rose Quandt
Catholics raise voices against the use of solitary confinement.