Regional Prison Ministry Gatherings, Advocacy Workshop Outline, Final, 2012 March 3, 2012 March 17, 2012 March 24

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Catholic Criminal Justice Advocacy -- Responsibility,
Rehabilitation, and Restoration

Advocacy Workshop
Regional Prison Ministry Gatherings
Catholic Diocese of Richmond

March 3, 2012 Prince of Peace, Chesapeake
March 17, 2012 Holy Cross, Lynchburg
March 24, 2012 Sacred Heart, Petersburg

Introductions - quick summary of personal involvement in prison ministry

Brainstorm larger issues/problems in the prison and/or criminal justice
system
- Distinguish between internal DOC problem solving & larger structural
policy issues
- Explain how OJP can help resolve local prison issues through ally in
DOC system

Summarize perspective of U.S. Bishops in their document on criminal
justice - key ideas / principles

Share involvement of Virginia Catholic Conference on criminal justice
issues:

Virginia Catholic Conference
2011 Legislative Agenda

¢ Opposing all proposals to expand death penalty under Virginia law.

¢ Closing Virginia’s “gun-show loophole” by requiring unlicensed gun
sellers at gun shows to conduct background checks on potential
purchasers (to determine if the potential buyer has a criminal record
or a mental health history making him or her ineligible to own a
firearm).

¢ Eliminating the lifetime ban on family TANF benefits for people
with drug-related felony convictions who are reentering their
communities after incarceration.

¢ Restoring voting rights to individuals with nonviolent felony
convictions who have completed their sentences.

¢ Establishing a youth’s right to appeal a Commonwealth’s Attorney’s
decision that he or she be tried as an adult under a law that applies to
a wide range of offenses.

Ask: Who are members of VCC action alert network?
Explain how easy it is to participate (if possible, show on laptop)
Encourage folks to sign up with VCC

Dialogue

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