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A Quaker Call to Abolition and Creation

Facing the slavery roots of the U.S. prison system. Lucy Duncan

Prisoner Visitation and Support

October 2020 Update

Jury Duty: Complicity in the Penal System?

The prison system in the United States is a cruel warehousing institution that neither rehabilitates nor protects society. Millions of…

Peacemakers on Both Sides

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. —Matthew 5:9 Every couple of years as a…

Nonviolence and Forgiveness in San Quentin Prison

Was he thinking that Jesus spoke of love? Did he remember that the language of love is nonviolence? Maybe he…

The Ministry of Prison Visitation

The first time I visited the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, one of the prisoners asked me why I…

Meditation as Centering Prayer

Waiting for prisoners to be brought to the chapel from their cell units can be a test of patience on…

The Death of Michael Lambert

On June 8, 2007, the Indianapolis Star reports that the Indiana Parole Board has voted unanimously to deny clemency for…

AVP: An Instrument of Peace

When I became involved with the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), I had no idea how important the underlying principles…

Naming Our Own Radical Faith

In the Gospel of Matthew, in the record of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches his disciples, saying, "Blessed…

Reflections from Death Row

How long have you been on Texas death row? I committed this crime in August 1991. I wasn’t a suspect…

Summer Doldrums Blown Away

Even knowing from experience that "the Spirit can live in the jails," as George Fox once remarked, there are hot…
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