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Justice Solutions tour blog - Halden Prison, Norway
- 21 June 2017
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS writes about her visit to Norway’s Halden Prison, dubbed “the world’s most humane prison.” Halden Prison, Norway. Image credit: Marte Aas Sally Parnell, Executive Director of Programs at Jesuit Social Services, and I travelled…
Justice Solutions tour blog - Ullersmo Youth Unit, Norway
- 21 June 2017
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS writes about the strong social infrastructure that has resulted in Norway having an extremely low youth incarceration rate. Jesuit Social Services CEO, Julie Edwards, outside the Ullersmo Youth Unit in Norway. Sally Parnell, Executive…
Justice Solutions tour blog - Hameln Youth Justice Facility, Germany
- 20 June 2017
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS reflects on her visit to the Hameln Youth Justice Facility in Germany, where efforts are focused on the successful reintegration of young people back into the community. Hameln Youth Centre, Germany. Image credit: Jugendanstalt…
Justice Solutions tour blog - Neustrelitz Prison, Germany
- 19 June 2017
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS writes about her experiences in Germany, where youth justice systems prioritise education, rehabilitation and resettlement. Neustrelitz Youth Centre in Germany, where “prison is viewed as a last resort”. Image credit: Jugendanstalt Neustrelitz The general…
Justice Solutions tour blog - Baltimore and Washington DC
- 19 June 2017
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ Executive Director of Advocacy and Strategic Communications CATHERINE NEVILLE writes about the importance of advocacy in striving for humane youth justice systems. Nate Balis and Liane Rozzell from the Annie E Casey Foundation. Jesuit Social Services’ approach…
World Refugee Day a chance to share national compassion
- 19 June 2017
This World Refugee Day, ANDY HAMILTON SJ invites us to reflect on how we respond to people who are fleeing persecution. World Refugee Day is a chance to show public support for families forced to flee. World Refugee Day (June 20) is a time to look outside our own world and to notice people whom…
Justice Solutions tour blog - Missouri
- 13 June 2017
In the first of our series of blogs throughout our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ Executive Director of Advocacy and Strategic Communications CATHERINE NEVILLE writes about her experiences exploring Missouri’s innovative youth detention model. While the United States’ approach to incarceration differs from state to state, some parts of the USA are leading the…
We stand with refugees
- 9 June 2017
The ultimate solution to the issue of refugees is to deal with the causes such as wars, persecution and poverty, writes Jesuit Social Services Board member LIBBY ROGERSON. Despite the protestations of some nations and the evasion of others there is really no escaping the fact that the care and protection of refugees is a…
World Environment Day: if we exploit the environment, we damage ourselves
- 4 June 2017
On World Environment Day, ANDY HAMILTON SJ urges us to remember we are part of the environment. World Environment Day (5 June 2017) this year comes into fluky winds. The strident public debate about the reality of global warming and the threat it poses to the world has died down. Few knowledgeable people deny its…
Sorry Day calls for cultural recognition and respect of Indigenous Australians
- 24 May 2017
Rising Indigenous incarceration rates suggest the promises made in Kevin Rudd’s Apology to Indigenous Australians haven’t been met, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. Sorry Day (26 May) is worth remembering in our present anxious times. In 2008, the Apology made by the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd acknowledging wrongs done, was supported by both sides of…

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