| Resolution Number: | 2012-D026 |
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| Title: | Urge Support for Bipartisan U.S. Commission on Criminal Justice |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 77th General Convention of The Episcopal Church instruct the Office of Government Relations to urge the United States Congress to support a bipartisan United States Commission on Criminal Justice to inquire into our present flawed system of incarceration and seek alternatives that would be effective, humane, and financially prudent; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention encourage Bishops and Deputies to transmit this resolution to their Senators and Representatives from their own states and districts, and urge their support for a bipartisan United States Commission on Criminal Justice.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), p. 197. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Joseph Calhoun |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | National and International Concerns |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #20 on Resolution D026 (United States Commission on Criminal Justice) and moved adoption of a substitute.
Original Text of Resolution
(D026)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 77th General Convention of The Episcopal Church instruct our Washington Office to request the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives to support a bi-partisan United States Commission on Criminal Justice to examine whether the American prison system is in any way effective and ethical given the four-fold increase in prisoners in the last 30 years together with the deplorable re-incarceration rate, and for this Commission to determine whether there are financially prudent alternatives which would limit the costs of incarceration and supervision while helping those convicted of crimes to return to productive lives as citizens; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention encourage its deputies to transmit this resolution to the United States Senators and the United States Representatives from their own states and districts, and to their state legislators, and urge their support for a bi-partisan United States Commission on Criminal Justice as swiftly as possible.
Committee Substitute
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 77th General Convention of The Episcopal Church instruct the Office of Government Relations to urge the United States Congress to support a bipartisan United States Commission on Criminal Justice to inquire into our present flawed system of incarceration and seek alternatives that would be effective, humane, and financially prudent; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention encourage Bishops and Deputies to transmit this resolution to their Senators and Representatives from their own states and districts, and urge their support for a bipartisan United States Commission on Criminal Justice.
Deputy King of Western New York moved the previous question.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the substitute resolution.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #139)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #16 on HD Message #139 on Resolution D026 (United States Commission on Criminal Justice) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message # 143)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 9.
| Abstract: | The 77th General Convention urges the U.S. Congress to support a bipartisan Commission on Criminal Justice to seek alternatives to a flawed incarceration system. |
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