On April 24-27 2018, IPCA Europe organised an Interim Conference in Kjiv, Ukraine, on the subject of “Faith in Justice: from sentence to community”. Some 60 delegates from 16 countries took part. Some sessions were held in the Ukranian Parliament and others at the Justice Ministry. A visit to a prison in Kjiv was also organised.
The event was a way of supporting chaplains in Eastern Europe and more particularly in Ukraine, as well as providing prison authorities with chaplains’ perspectives on criminal justice systems.
A report on the conference can be found here. You can read the formal conference declaration here.
For more details and news from IPCA Europe, visit the region’s website.
Delegates at the IPCA Europe Interim Conference in Kjiv, Ukraine, April 2018: “Faith in Justice: from sentence to community”
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Members of the World Wide Steering Committee with IPCA Europe vice-president, meeting in Woking, UK, September 2017.
This year’s IPCA Global Prayer Day resource has been prepared by Canada. Teresa Kellendonk has put together a prayer guide which can be used either as a standalone order of service or as a resource during times of prayer or worship services.
The Guide is available in various languages:
English: available here.
French: available here.
German: available here.
Arabic: available here.
Swedish: available here.
Chinese: available here.
Sinhalese: available here.
To request a version in another language, please contact your IPCA region.
If you can help with translation into another language, please offer your services, also via your IPCA region website.
The International Prison Chaplains Association (IPCA/Worldwide) and Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) has hosted a panel discussion on the direct correlation between poverty and those who comprise the prison population. We have highlighted the fact that in most countries, the prison population is largely representative of the lowest economic strata within their respective countries. Rehabilitation and Reentry Efforts for this population, while in prison, can significantly reduce their return rate to prison. This reduced recidivism rate is especially successful in cases where Returning Citizens are exposed to faith-based organizations which provide guidance and support for their Reentry efforts. Those who have been invited to be on the panel are leaders in this field with practical experience within the American system. They have address various aspects of the aforementioned approaches ranging from artistic, vocational and academic exposure while in prison; to job skill training, interview techniques, and financial planning to improve their chances of success. A model of this nature has been in practice for over twenty years in Sing-Sing prison. While the national average of recidivism in the United States is about 50%, the recidivism rate of those who have participated in the Sing-Sing model is less than 5%. With these documented results, this is one example of how it is possible to break the cycle of poverty – prison – poverty – prison – poverty – prison.
The IPCA-CURE statement on this occasion is to be found here.
A report on the side event is to be found here.
Left to right: Hans Hallundbaek, Jean-Didier M’boyo, H.E. Mr. Ib Petersen (Danish ambassador to the UN), CURE chairman Charlie Sullivan and Julie Garfieldt, Senior Human Rights Policy Adviser, Permanent Mission of Denmark.
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