Date of Project
4-24-2020
Document Type
Honors Thesis
School Name
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Theology
Major Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty
Abstract
In 2017 the Kentucky DOC reported that Kentucky prisons housed 2,521 persons categorized as “elderly”. Even though individuals in this population are more susceptible to violence and risk developing age-related illnesses the care of these individuals is not a financial priority for those in power. These individuals occupy a unique position as a marginalized group within a marginalized group, and one which is growing rapidly. As a result, it is necessary to develop a response drawing from Catholic social teaching and criminal justice ethics which addresses the unique problems faced by this population. At the core of this response is the truth that at no point does justice require, nor allow, punishment to deny the dignity of the individual.
Recommended Citation
Sauer, Jillian, "Growing Old and Getting Sick are Dangerous In Prison: A Moral and Legal Argument for “Justice, Not Vengeance”" (2020). Undergraduate Theses. 48.
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/ugrad_theses/48
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