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columns2021

Children on remand

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Post date July 11, 2021
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By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI

“Instances of racism continue to shame us, for they show that our supposed social progress is not as real or definitive as we think.” —Pope Francis.

In T&T, our Church has been speaking out over the years about the number of persons held on remand in prison for inordinate lengths of time awaiting trial. It is public knowledge that quite a number of persons have been in prison for a longer time than the maximum sentence they would have received had they been tried and convicted for the crime alleged to have been committed.

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columns2016

Finding solutions to enhance our democracy

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Post date May 7, 2016

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

“Any society, any family that cannot share or take seriously the pain of its children, and views that pain as something normal or expected, is a society condemned to remain hostage to itself, prey to the very things which cause that pain.” (Pope Francis)

Pope Francis uttered the words above in his speech to inmates at Curran-Fromhold correctional facility, Philadelphia, USA in September 2015. As Alan Yuhas reported in the UK Guardian, he urged inmates, their families and the correctional officers there “to believe in the possibility of rehabilitation, condemning societies that normalise their suffering”.

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columns2015

Fixing broken institutions

Post author By Web administrator
Post date June 27, 2015

Pope Francis’ 2nd encyclical has been released. It is entitled: Praised be to you: On the care of our common home. If you can’t read the entire encyclical at this stage, please read a summary or guide – online. Tune in to CCSJ’s panel discussion from8 – 9 p.m. on TCN (Ch 10) on Tuesday, June 30 when we will discuss the implications for us/the world of this comprehensive document which addresses many of the issues raised in our own AEC Bishops’ Declaration on Climate Change (June 8) – published in CN last week.

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