Speaker: Jason Lydon
It is easy to blame the Quakers for instituting the first penitentiaries in
our country but the role of religion runs much deeper than that. Religious
leadership has benefited from and perpetuated the expansion of the penal
system since the beginning.We will discuss the far reach of religion within
the modern penal system as well as the religious and theological basis for
its abolition. We will look at the power of evangelical Christians who run
private prisons, the chaplains who restrict prisoner access to support, and
all those who use their faith to inspire resistance.
Jason Lydon is the Congregational Director of the Community Church of
Boston. Jason has been involved in anti-prison organizing for nearly a dozen
years. He currently runs a website (www.blackandpink.org) and works on
issues affecting queer/transgender people in prison and survivors of sexual
violence.
www.communitychurchofboston.org
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