Why do we minister to those in prison?

The Archdiocesan Office of Detention Ministry is a specialized ministry providing pastoral care to those women, men and juveniles who are inmates in 34 correctional facilities within the counties of Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe.

The lives of women, men, and juveniles waiting or serving sentences reflect all the unmet social needs of a culture. In 2003, Sister Susan Jabro told the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care: "Globally, the prison industrial complex is used as the solution to social ..