The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 71st General Convention of the Episcopal Church join other religious bodies and human rights groups in urging the U.S. governmental agencies, such as the federal and state agencies on prisons to stop further construction and completion of what is commonly known as Maximum Control Unit prisons and begin to eliminate such prisons already existing or under construction, such as at Marion, Illinois, and Florence, Colorado; and be it further

Resolved, That U.S. governmental agencies be urged to observe the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners out of respect for international concern for human rights; and be it further

Resolved, That resources be allocated for rehabilitation, education, housing, health care, productive employment and other basic human needs, for those imprisoned by such agencies; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the General Convention be requested to communicate the Church's hope for a moratorium on maximum control prison construction and other related issues as outlined above to the President of the United States and the Congress.