• The United Methodist Church declares its opposition to the privatization of prisons and jails and to profit-making from the punishment of human beings. They also call for the elimination of of privately-operated, unregulated detention centers. more >>
• The Presbyterian Church calls for the abolition of all for-profit private prisons, jails and detention centers. Resolution Calling for the Abolition of For-Profit Private Prisons, Presbyterian Church (USA), 2003 (pdf)
• The Catholic Bishops of the South "We bishops question whether private, for-profit corporations can effectively run prisons. The profit motive may lead to reduced efforts to change behaviors, treat substance abuse, and offer skills necessary for reintegration into the community." more >>
Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, February 2007. (pdf)
Grassroots Leadership has joined with allies at the state, local, national and international level to call for an end to all incarceration for profit. In 2005, we launched Keeping Faith: A Religious Response to the Prison Crisis. Sign our petition calling upon people of faith to state their opposition to prison privatization in Florida.
• Help develop an expanded role for the faith community nationally and internationally around prison and criminal justice issues, so that passionate faith-based voices are heard loudly and clearly in opposition to the injustice present in our current systems.
• Organize and educate within the faith community so that people and communities of faith become energized and activated through their participation in the campaign to abolish for-profit private prisons.
• Deepen and broaden the critique of for-profit private prisons from multiple faith perspectives, so that our work is spiritually and theologically rooted and sustained.
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