Corporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy: Visiting The Imprisoned

Episode 60 - The United States, per capita, has the world’s largest prison population. About 2.3 million people are housed in various detention facilities, with another 5 million on probation or parole. Americans make up around 5 percent of the world’s population, yet house nearly 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Punishment should also be coupled with humane treatment and compassion and charity toward those imprisoned. The Catechism of the Catholic Church lists visiting the imprisoned as a corporal (bodily) work of mercy (2447), echoing the words of Christ as He foretells His praise of the just on the Last Day: “I was … in prison and you visited me.” (Matthew 25:36). Guest host Thuy Lam joins Fr Danda to discuss his experience with visiting the inmates of the Indiana Women's Prison, located in Indianapolis, Indiana.