Prayers
A Prayer for Prisoners
Lord, you are close to those who are most alone.
Be present to our brothers and sisters in prison
who suffer from the coronavirus.
In their dark hours, be a light of hope.
In their sad plight, stir us to compassion.
In their daily routine, stir the kindness of their guards.
In their physical struggles, pour out a healing balm.
Lead them and us, one day, home to you. Amen
by Father Louis Cameli Profiles in Catholicism
Articles/Commentaries
Thousands of inmates infected with Covid at two Thai prisons by UCA News
How We Survived COVID-19 in Prison by Nicole Lewis The Marshall Project/Pocket
My prison cell view of the COVID-19 pandemic by Patrick O'Neill National Catholic Reporter
As pandemic spreads in Brazil’s prisons, inmates complain of torture by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux
Renewing the lives of prisoners in India by Shanti Pulickal Global Sisters Report
Virus besets Belarus prisons filled with president’s critics by Associated Press
COVID-19 spikes follow in prisons after inmate transfers by Cay Aspinwall of The Marshall Project and Ed White of The Associated Press
How the History of Waterloo, Iowa, Explains How Meatpacking Plants Became Hotbeds of COVID-19 by Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell ProPublica
Inmates facing big virus risks not near top of vaccine lists by Colleen Slevin and Patty Nieberg Associated Press
COVID-19 vaccine trial ethics once we have efficacious vaccines by David Wendler, Jorge Ochoa, Joseph Millum, and others Science 11 Dec 2020:Vol. 370, Issue 6522, pp. 1277-1279
UK Bishops call for protection of prisoners and staff during second Covid-19 wave by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News
As the Coronavirus Rages in Prisons, Ethical Issues of Crime and Punishment Become More Compelling by Austin Sarat The Conversation
San Quentin joins a growing list of U.S. prisons overwhelmed by coronavirus by Ryan Di CorpoAmerica
Coronavirus in Prisons by Father John KumarProfiles in Catholicism
Catholic leaders decry prisoners’ exposure to COVID-19 during pandemic by Mark PattisonCatholic News Service/Crux
There are no ‘throwaway lives’: Catholic leaders respond to Covid-19 behind bars by Kevin Clarke America
Jails and Prisons Still Among COVID-19 Hotspots by Currents News StaffNET
Gift drive for the children of Muslim inmates seeks to serve the ‘hidden ummah’ by Aysha KhanReligion News Service
Iran has released 85,000 prisoners in an emergency bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus by Adam PayneBusiness Insider
As Ramadan nears, prisons urged to accommodate faith needs during pandemic by Aysha KhanReligion News Service
28 more inmates, five additional staff test positive for Covid-19 at St. Albans prison by Alan J. Keays VTDigger
BOP Implementing Modified Operations by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Inmates In Washington State Protest After Fellow Prisoners Test Positive For COVID-19 by Scott Neuman NPR
Pakistan's top court cancels order to free prisoners by UCANews reporterUCANews.com
El Paso bishop calls for release of nonviolent migrants in detention by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
English bishop calls for early release of prisoners during COVID-19 pandemic by Charles Collins Crux
Vatican Major Penitentiary: Mercy does not cease amid coronavirus by CNA Daily News /The Catholic World Report
Pope prays for solution to overcrowded prisons during pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/Crux
Immigrants in detention don’t deserve a death sentence by Alexia Salvatierra and Carlos L. Malave Religion News Service
Brazil’s Church leaders warn about threat to prisoners posed by COVID-19 by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux
Ill-prepared for Covid-19, Mexico City prisons continue to allow visitors by Jan-Albert Hootsen America
Bishop urges government to tackle COVID-19 in prisons by Independent Catholic News
Pope Francis calls for a global cease-fire, attention to overcrowded prisons in response to coronavirus by Gerard O’Connell America
Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/America
Prison Chaplains Adapt as Coronavirus Limits Their Ministry by Jonah McKeownCNA/National Catholic Register’;
Pope Francis Offers Mass for Prisoners After Italian Prison Riots. by Courtney Mares CNA/National Catholic Regis
Sister Helen Prejean spending COVID-19 quarantine advocating for prisoners by Christopher WhiteCrux
Deadly as Dachau’: Activists call for mass decarceration during pandemic by Aysha Khan Religion News Service
Prisoners keeping faith during coronavirus, says former Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/America
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'We need help': Alabama prisoner pleas for assistance in fighting COVID-19 ABC News
Prison Workers
Articles/Commentaries
Pope thanks detainees, prison workers for Good Friday meditation by Christopher WellsVaticanNews