The prison is the symbol of our country’s violation of our deepest values” and must be closed immediately, a group of religious leaders said.
" Detained Migrants Deserve Spiritual Care Migrants and refugees in prisons and detention centers have the same right to spiritual assistance as any other person, a U.S. bishop told a Vatican meeting. Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration
“We pledge...to ensure that all C.C.H.D. funds are used faithfully, effectively and in accord with Catholic social and moral teaching,” said Bishop Roger P. Morin.
The growing number of people in U.S. detention centers has made the issue of access even more urgent.
Over three million people in Colombia have been dislocated by civil war and violence related to drug trafficking.
In a letter on Nov. 12, the Mexican bishops’ conference rebuked narcotics-trafficking cartelsfor their murderous ways.