Prisoners

Prayers

A Prayer for Prisoners

Lord, you are close to those who are most alone.

Be present to our brothers and sisters in prison

who suffer from the coronavirus.

In their dark hours, be a light of hope.

In their sad plight, stir us to compassion.

In their daily routine, stir the kindness of their guards.

In their physical struggles, pour out a healing balm.

Lead them and us, one day, home to you. Amen

by Father Louis Cameli Profiles in Catholicism

Articles/Commentaries

• Thousands of inmates infected with Covid at two Thai prisons by UCA News

• How We Survived COVID-19 in Prison by Nicole Lewis The Marshall Project/Pocket

• My prison cell view of the COVID-19 pandemic by Patrick O'Neill National Catholic Reporter

• As pandemic spreads in Brazil’s prisons, inmates complain of torture by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux

• Renewing the lives of prisoners in India by Shanti Pulickal Global Sisters Report

• Virus besets Belarus prisons filled with president’s critics by Associated Press

• COVID-19 spikes follow in prisons after inmate transfers by Cay Aspinwall of The Marshall Project and Ed White of The Associated Press

• How the History of Waterloo, Iowa, Explains How Meatpacking Plants Became Hotbeds of COVID-19 by Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell ProPublica

• Inmates facing big virus risks not near top of vaccine lists by Colleen Slevin and Patty Nieberg Associated Press

• COVID-19 vaccine trial ethics once we have efficacious vaccines by David Wendler, Jorge Ochoa, Joseph Millum, and others Science 11 Dec 2020:Vol. 370, Issue 6522, pp. 1277-1279

• UK Bishops call for protection of prisoners and staff during second Covid-19 wave by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News

• As the Coronavirus Rages in Prisons, Ethical Issues of Crime and Punishment Become More Compelling by Austin Sarat  The Conversation

• San Quentin joins a growing list of U.S. prisons overwhelmed by coronavirus by Ryan Di CorpoAmerica

• Coronavirus in Prisons by Father John KumarProfiles in Catholicism

• Catholic leaders decry prisoners’ exposure to COVID-19 during pandemic by Mark PattisonCatholic News Service/Crux

• There are no ‘throwaway lives’: Catholic leaders respond to Covid-19 behind bars by Kevin Clarke America

• Jails and Prisons Still Among COVID-19 Hotspots by Currents News StaffNET

• Gift drive for the children of Muslim inmates seeks to serve the ‘hidden ummah’ by Aysha KhanReligion News Service

• Iran has released 85,000 prisoners in an emergency bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus by Adam PayneBusiness Insider

• As Ramadan nears, prisons urged to accommodate faith needs during pandemic by Aysha KhanReligion News Service

• 28 more inmates, five additional staff test positive for Covid-19 at St. Albans prison by Alan J. Keays VTDigger

• BOP Implementing Modified Operations by Federal Bureau of Prisons

• Inmates In Washington State Protest After Fellow Prisoners Test Positive For COVID-19 by Scott Neuman NPR

• Pakistan's top court cancels order to free prisoners by UCANews reporterUCANews.com

• El Paso bishop calls for release of nonviolent migrants in detention by Rhina Guidos  Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• English bishop calls for early release of prisoners during COVID-19 pandemic by Charles Collins Crux

• Vatican Major Penitentiary: Mercy does not cease amid coronavirus by CNA Daily News /The Catholic World Report

• Pope prays for solution to overcrowded prisons during pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/Crux

• Immigrants in detention don’t deserve a death sentence by Alexia Salvatierra and Carlos L. Malave Religion News Service

• Brazil’s Church leaders warn about threat to prisoners posed by COVID-19 by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux

• Ill-prepared for Covid-19, Mexico City prisons continue to allow visitors by Jan-Albert Hootsen America

• Bishop urges government to tackle COVID-19 in prisons by Independent Catholic News

• Pope Francis calls for a global cease-fire, attention to overcrowded prisons in response to coronavirus by Gerard O’Connell America

• Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves  Catholic News Service/America

• Prison Chaplains Adapt as Coronavirus Limits Their Ministry by Jonah McKeownCNA/National Catholic Register’;

• Pope Francis Offers Mass for Prisoners After Italian Prison Riots. by Courtney Mares CNA/National Catholic Regis

• Sister Helen Prejean spending COVID-19 quarantine advocating for prisoners by Christopher WhiteCrux

• Deadly as Dachau’: Activists call for mass decarceration during pandemic by Aysha Khan Religion News Service

• Prisoners keeping faith during coronavirus, says former Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski by Bob Smietana Religion News Service

• Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/America

Video

'We need help': Alabama prisoner pleas for assistance in fighting COVID-19  ABC News

Prison Workers

Articles/Commentaries

• Pope thanks detainees, prison workers for Good Friday meditation by Christopher WellsVaticanNews