Tuesday, July 19, 2011

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psalm 69:33

Perhaps it is an obvious statement, but Judeo-Christian teaching do not abandon those who are prisoners. A similar view is taken in Islam [see, for example, Qur'an 76:8]. While prison is sometimes necessary the dehumanization of prisoners, not matter what they have done, is never necessary or appropriate.

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