Criminal Justice amid COVID-19, a special edition of #ISNLive, will explore the realities of the criminal justice system during our current pandemic, including in the court system, in prisons, and for those reentering society.
Join ISN with the Jesuit Conference Office of Justice & Ecology and Catholic Mobilizing Network on Thursday, May 14 at 8:30PM ET for a virtual watch party of Episode 8 of The Innocence Files, which features the story of Alfred "Dewayne" Brown. The watch party will be followed by a Q&A conversation with attorney Brian […]
Last month Solitary Watch reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion in the use of solitary confinement in the U.S., increasing close to 500 percent over previous levels. The Louisiana Stop Solitary Coalition, of which the Jesuit Social Research Institution is a member, is planning a Facebook Live panel discussion July 15 […]
Registration for Catholic Mobilizing Network's Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity: An All-Virtual Catholic Conference on Restorative Justice is now open!
RSVP link As the end of his administration approaches, President Trump has restarted the use of the federal death penalty. Since July there have been 10 executions with another three before he leaves office. These federal executions are the first in 17 years and raise critical moral, human, and policy choices for the nation and […]
Registration link New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi will speak at Loyola University Maryland's annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at 7 p.m. The convocation, “Uprooting Racism and Inequality: Antiracist Educator and Scholar Ibram Kendi in conversation with Karsonya Wise Whitehead,” will be livestreamed. […]
RSVP to [email protected]; access details will be available closer to the event. Nonviolence is a spiritual journey, a way of life, a method for social change, and a universal ethic. Pope Francis has increasingly called on the Church and the world to embrace Gospel nonviolence in our lives and in the struggle for a more just, […]
