Juvenile Justice

This Blog Talk Radio interview by Herb Blake is with Fr. Michael Kennedy is a Jesuit Priest who dedicates his life to seeking Social Justice for juvenile offenders and at-risk youth. In addition to his political activism, his spiritual ministry takes him inside juvenile halls, jails and prison as he works to ignite a spirit of hope in the hearts and minds of young men and women. Seth Weiner is an attorney and the Co-Director of the Center for Restorative Justice at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, CA. Seth is a tireless advocate for Restorative Justice. He not only works to educate future attorneys about the value of fundamental fairness for everyone, he also takes his message out into the community.

I think you will be inspired by it!

Insiders at New Folsom tell their transformation story

This site is full of my students, explore it!

Prisoners for Peace Website

Higher Consciousness Movement within the prison walls and beyond.

We, the Prisoners for Peace at New Folsom Prison, Sacramento 

believe and want the following:

 

1.      WE BELIEVE THAT PEACE CAN COME THROUGH THE CULTIVATION OF ONE'S OWN CONSCIOUS.

2.      WE BELIEVE LIVING IN THE HEART SPACE/CHAKRA CAN GUIDE US THROUGH THAT CULTIVATION SAFELY.

3.      WE BELIEVE THAT TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S OWN HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS CAN ILLUMINATE THE WORLD AROUND THAT BEING.

4.      WE WANT TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE FREE COMMUNITY AND THE PRISON POPULATION ON A CONSCIOUS LEVEL.

5.      WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME AWARE OF THE SHIFT IN CONSCIOUSNESS THAT’S ALREADY TAKING PLACE.

Whats this about?

Several times while traveling recently I have had the opportunity to share this deep concern of my heart, this Calling.  And from inside me the words stumbled, while the spirit of the words made it through and we have several more champions rallied to this cause, it was made clear to me that I need to work on my "elevator speech".  Here is what came this morning as I am anticipating taking the cause up at the Prison chaplain conference later this afternoon:

As Einstein said, you can't solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it. 

So this essay is a call to activate our spiritual problem solving techniques, 
prayer in its many forms and formats, 
to address the brokenness of our prison system, 
to address the brokenness in our society 
that relies only on revenge and banishment 
to solve problems of criminal behavior, and 
to activate our deep faith, 
that through God all things are possible, 
into our actions.