Australia’s Catholic bishops want politicians to think again about tough crime campaigns and look to creative sentencing options, saying Australia is putting too many convicts in prison. While Australia’s crime rates have remained steady, the bishops’ say the number of those behind bars has doubled between 1984 and 2008. They call the growth a “disproportion”. “While society will always Read more
Prison Fellowship New Zealand, which runs the faith-based unit at Rimutaka Prison, has been told it has until May 31 to develop a plan for a rehabilitation component to the services that it already offers. A Corrections Department evaluation conducted last September found the faith-based unit had had no impact on reducing reoffending. The reduction of recidivism has not Read more
Starting April 1, the Vatican’s penalty for money laundering and financing terrorism is prison. Having disappeared from canon law some time back, the penalty of prison was reintroduced last December 30. It will come into effect on April 1. Along with the prison sentence, there are a raft of new regulations to govern the Vatican Bank, Read more