{"id":10039,"date":"2015-09-29T15:17:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2015-09-29T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T19:17:55","slug":"the-pope-and-the-prison-system-two-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2015\/09\/the-pope-and-the-prison-system-two-links.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pope and the Prison System: Two Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u201cSome Inmates Who Met Pope Francis Are Only in Jail Because They\u2019re Poor\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA \u2014 When Pope Francis visited<\/a>\u00a0an overcrowded prison<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday, he talked to inmates about the need for \u201crehabilitation\u201d and for inmates to get \u201cback on the right road.\u201d What he may not have realized is that most of the inmates being held in Philadelphia\u2019s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility have not yet been convicted of a crime.<\/p>\n

Some of the inmates who met Pope Francis have been charged with serious crimes<\/a>,\u00a0such as murder, rape or robbery, which judges may decide require them to be locked up in the interest of public safety until their case is resolved in court. But others have been charged with much less serious offenses and are being held only because they cannot afford to purchase their freedom\u00a0as they wait for the justice system to resolve their case. The vast majority<\/a>\u00a0of the people at the facility are there because they have not made bail. They have not yet been convicted, meaning they are supposedly presumed innocent.<\/p>\n

One inmate HuffPost spoke with has been there for more than two years, and his case is just being resolved. Another inmate who is being sentenced now has already been behind bars for 23 months. Yet another has been in for 19 months and still not been sentenced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cPope Francis and Criminal Justice\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Pope Francis\u2019 past comments in support of the drug war<\/a> suggest that he will refuse to acknowledge one of the biggest contributors to American injustice<\/em> and a primary reason why so many people end up in American prisons in the first place: drug prohibition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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