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Combines Catholic Church teaching, the best in current sociological and psychological thinking on incarceration and the reflections and stories of a Catholic lay chaplain who has been doing prison ministry for over twenty years.

The book is arranged in four sections: The Framework for Prison Ministry, The General Pastoral Needs, Specific Pastoral Needs, Constraints that Affect Restorative Justice. While When We this book is an essential guide for those entrusted with this ministry, it is also invaluable for the ordinary Catholic striving to understand the needs of incarcerated men and women and to have a deeper appreciation for the Works of Mercy.