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JCFJ address Oireachtas Justice Committee
April 5, 2017
Irish prisoners are locked up for on average 17 hours a per day and their routine hasn't changed in 3o years, Eoin Carroll tells Justice Committee
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The liberating force of theology
April 4, 2017
Kevin Hargaden has taken up the position of Social Theology Officer for the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
Read moreRelease prisoners: Fantasy or opportunity?
December 2, 2016
EOIN CARROLL :: Pope Francis is saying to the world, 'let people out of prison'. Is this fantasy or opportunity?
Read moreThe Irish Prison Service’s unmet commitments
June 27, 2016
Chronic overcrowding still persists in our prisons and reform commitments have not been implemented, according to the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
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‘End severe confinement of young adults in prison’
May 31, 2016
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has called on the Government to end the ‘severe confinement’ of young adults in prison.
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“Chronic overcrowding in prisons must end,” says JCFJ
May 20, 2015
"Several critical objectives have not been met", in the Irish Prison Service’s Strategic Plan 2012–2015, says Eoin Carroll, Advocacy Officer of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.
Read moreJesuit Centre questions Thornton Hall prison move
April 8, 2008
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has just published the April 2008 issue of Working Notes entitled Thornton Hall Prison – A Progressive Move?. It focuses on concerns about...
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March 20, 2025 - As the USA decimates its foreign aid budget Irish Jesuits International have made an urgent Lenten appeal to help feed people in Lebanon and Syria.
Visions of Ireland, North and South
March 19, 2025 - An Taoiseach Micheál Martin is one of a dozen writers in the new issue of Studies on the history and present reality of Irish partition.
Crisis as opportunity for Christians
March 19, 2025 - JCFJ's Social Justice theologian of the Dr Kevin Hargaden reflects on how Christians can respond to the chaos the world is now facing.
Symbolising betrayal and sorrow
March 15, 2025 - The commissioned sculpture honoring the memory of those who have suffered abuse has been installed in the entrance to Gardiner St Church.
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