S2 E5: Does Punishment Even Work?

Common Era: Spirituality in an Age of Change

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S2 E5: Does Punishment Even Work?

If the prison system we've created is ultimately a failure, what kind of approach could take its place?

The Passio Project

Mar 30, 2022

In this episode, Matshidiso and Annmarie put the very concept of crime and punishment under scrutiny. If the prison system we've created is ultimately a failure, what kind of approach could take its place? The conversation moves from the need for acknowledgment of wrong, and consequences of that wrong, to establishing a humane, case-by-case understanding of criminality that views offenders truly as human beings made in the image of God. In particular, Annmarie brings her 25 years of experience in the youth justice space to deeply challenge our presumptions about crime and a whole section of society that we find convenient to forget about.

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References in this episode:

Reoffending rates - in the UK, 75% of ex-inmates reoffend within nine years of release, and 39.3% within the first twelve months
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FK002023%2F1

Discussion about this podcast

Common Era: Spirituality in an Age of Change

What does our current era of change mean for the future of spiritual communities? What are the questions and challenges facing us in terms of belonging, justice, ecology and beyond? Common Era brings two guests around our table to talk about spirituality in an age of change.

Common Era is produced by Lab/ora Press, an independent publisher run by the Catholic monastic order known as the Passionists. To find out more about either of those, you can go to https://labora.press or https://passionists.org.uk

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