She says Mario Maraziti of the St. Egidio Community put her on my trail. I think how good it is not to have to travel for awhile. I don't feel like going anywhere. I think of Dobie Williams, executed Jan. 8 of last year, probably innocent. And it's a chance to speak not just for death row inmates but the two million incarcerated people in the U.S. alone.
Prisons are one of the biggest growth industries in the world.
Increasingly it's what countries turn to in order to combat crime, instead of addressing root causes that cause crime. Right alongside the military industrial complex is rising the prison industrial complex, even as social programs for poor people are stripped down and shredded. Overwhelmingly poor people, especially people of color. It's a chance to be a voice for those who are never given a chance to speak for themselves. So, I'll be in Rome for Christmas and get to witness the inauguration of the long awaited Jubilee Year.