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Earleywine Chapters
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Resolution Number: 2000-B055
Title: Reaffirm Criminal Justice System Reform
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Amended

Final Text:
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church reaffirm that the Episcopal Church at all levels become active at local, state and federal levels on public policy decisions affecting the growing prison industrial complex; and be it further

Resolved, That the Episcopal Church call for a moratorium to the posting of prisoners outside their home states and territories; and be it further

Resolved, That the Episcopal Church call for a moratorium on further prison construction and the use of private prisons, except where a local diocese discerns the need to do otherwise for pastoral reasons, and call for appropriate changes in the laws requiring mandatory sentencing for nonviolent and property crimes.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 365.
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See http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts_new/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2000-B055