Redeeming Punishment: Catholic Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform

A panel discussion with Dean Strang (Loyola University of Chicago Law School), Cecelia Klingele (University of Wisconsin Law School), Fr. Javier del Castillo (Prelature of Opus Dei), Kevin Carr (Wisconsin Department of Corrections), and moderated by Thomas Donnelly (Circuit Court of Cook County) held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on February 10, 2022.

The Lumen Christi Institute's Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network and the Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative of the UW-Madison Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy present Catholic Perspectives on Criminal Justice Reform: a Scholarly Colloquium. This three-day public lecture and workshop series gathers a diverse array of legal scholars and ethicists to explore how Catholic tradition and social thought can inform the many challenges confronting today’s American criminal justice system. This panel serves as the keynote event for the colloquium.