The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 2000-B001 |
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| Title: | Implement and Allocate Funds for the Committee on Criminal Justice Issues |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention activate the Task Force on Reform of the Criminal Justice System mandated by the 1985 General Convention (C043) as a joint committee of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies staff support under the direction of the Bishop for the Armed Services, Health and Prison Ministries [sic], and the Director of Prison Ministries, recognizing the unique character of the pastoral and program needs of this mission area with an expanded mandate, and that any residual, appropriate and unresolved issues resulting from the actions of subsequent Conventions, viz. D062 (1988), D056 (1991), D087 (1994) and D035 (1994) be handled by this Committee. The expanded mandate of the Committee will include implementation and oversight of the following:
- Development and provision of information, networking resources, funding, recruitment, training, support, and encouragement by parishes and diocesan means for prison ministers at the Federal, State, County, and local levels.
- Liaison and interaction with government agencies, organizations involved with the Justice system, Federal and State representatives on the one hand, and Bishops, appropriate diocesan sources and organized prison ministries already in place, on the other.
- Provision of proclamation, advocacy, leadership, and materials for the advancement, awareness, and implementation of effective prison ministry throughout the Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention request and require that each diocese of the Episcopal Church include in Diocesan Cycles of Prayer intercession for prison ministries, and for all incarcerated persons and their families; and be it further
Resolved, That the new committee shall be named the Committee on Criminal Justice Issues, and be allocated funding to enable the deliberations of the Committee in the amount of $90,000 for the triennium.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 564f. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Committees and Commissions |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(B001)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention activate the Task Force on Reform of the Criminal Justice System mandated by the 1985 General Convention (C043) as a joint committee of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies staff support under the direction of the Bishop for the Armed Services, Health and Prison Ministries [sic], and the Director of Prison Ministries, recognizing the unique character of the pastoral and program needs of this mission area with an expanded mandate, and that any residual, appropriate and unresolved issues resulting from the actions of subsequent Conventions, viz. D062 (1988), D056 (1991), D087 (1994) and D035 (1994) be handled by this Committee. The expanded mandate of the Committee will include implementation and oversight of the following:
- Development and provision of information, networking resources, funding, recruitment, training, support, and encouragement by parishes and diocesan means for prison ministers at the Federal, State, County, and local levels.
- Liaison and interaction with government agencies, organizations involved with the Justice system, Federal and State representatives on the one hand, and Bishops, appropriate diocesan sources and organized prison ministries already in place, on the other.
- Provision of proclamation, advocacy, leadership, and materials for the advancement, awareness, and implementation of effective prison ministry throughout the Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention, request and require that each diocese of the Episcopal Church include in Diocesan Cycles of Prayer intercession for prison ministries, and for all incarcerated persons and their families; and be it further
Resolved, That the new committee shall be named the Committee on Criminal Justice Issues, and be allocated funding to enable the deliberations of the Committee in the amount of $90,000 for the triennium.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #121)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Committees and Commissions presented its Report #7 on HB Message #121 on Resolution B001 (Prison Task Force) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #155)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 12.
| Abstract: | The 73rd General Convention activates and funds the Committee on Criminal Justice Issues, and allocates funding for the Committee to carry out a mandate of implementation and oversight of effective prison ministry. |
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