Articles About Jens
Religious Articles By Jens
Prison Reform Articles By Jens
List of Published Articles
A. "Straight" Prison Reform (* denotes a religious newspaper or magazine)
* Growing Old Behind Bars, America, 10/10/03
Another Life Ruined, (Charlottesville, Va.) C'ville Weekly, 12/2/03
Sniper suspect's defense has parallels, (Charlottesville, Va.) Daily Progress, 12/7/03
* Another Christmas in a prison visiting room, National Catholic Reporter, 12/26/03
* Much Sadder Sentence, America, 3/29/04
No Mercy, (Charlottesville, Va.) The Hook, 5/6/04
The Perils of Freedom, America, 7/5/04
No Way Out, Washington City Paper, 9/3/04
Crime After Crime, The American Conservative, 9/27/04
No Way Out (republished), (Charlottesville, Va.) The Hook, 10/14/04
The prison dog that didn't bark, (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian Pilot, 11/15/04
* Turning Tony Into Tonya, National Catholic Reporter; 11/19/04
* The Carrot and the Sticks, America, 3/21/05
* Uncorrected, Christian Century, 9/18/07
* Correctional Capitalism, Prism, Jan-Feb/08
* Life Without Parole, Christian Century, 8/12/08
* Correctional Capitalism (republished), Justice Reflections (U.K.), Summer/08, Nr. 18/08
*Life Without Parole (republished), Justice Reflections (UK), Summer/09, Nr.21/09
*Another pyrrhic victory, Justice Reflections (UK), Spring/10, NR. 23/10
*The Color of Crime and Punishment, Justice Reflections (UK), Summer/10, Nr. 24/10
B. Mostly Prison Reform, with a little Religion
For God cuts down gates of bronze, Catholic Peace Voice, Jul-Aug/03
He Who Has Eyes, America, 8/18/03
The Rest of Their Days in Prosperity, Pastoral Life, 11/03
What I Learned from Flickin' Joe, Justice Reflections (U.K.), Nr. 2/03
The First to Throw a Stone, Pastoral Life, 4/04
Another Easter Statistic, America, 4/12/04
Persistent Widow, Unjust Judge, Celebration, 10/04
Hallmark Hank's last free Christmas, Catholic Peace Voice, Nov-Dec/04
The Bad Thief, America, 12/6/04
Another Christmas Statistic (republished), CrossCurrents, Winter/04
For Toolbox, Radical Grace, Fall/07
C. Mostly Religion, with a little Prison Reform
Our Prisons Can Be Instruments of Grace, This Rock, 2/03
From Buddhist to Papist (republished), Pastoral Life, 3/03
The Least of these Brothers, Faith @ Work, Spring/03
From Buddhist to Papist (republished), Emmanuel, May-Jun/03
The Kenotic Convict, The Merton Annual, Vo1. 16/03
Blast of the Divine, Sojourners, Sep-Oct/03
On Penitence and Penitentiaries, National Catholic Reporter, 3/19/04
The Convict Christ, Prism, Mar-Apr/05
Every Step on this Road, Radical Grace, Apr-May-Jun/06
D. “Straight” Religion
Gluttony, Avarice and Vainglory, Emmanuel, Sep-Oct/03
Giving Birth to the Son in Us, Emmanuel, Jan-Feb/04
Osama bin Laden and a Return to a Perennial Theory of Mystical Union, Monastic Interreligious Dialogue Bulletin, May/04
The Flame Has Lit Up the World from Within, Pastoral Life, 6/04
Ein Lauter Nichts, Celebration, 7/04
The Inner Experience, The Merton Annual, Vol. 17/04
Be Born in Us Today, Pastoral Life, 12/04
Justice, Justice Thou Shall Pursue, Justice Reflections (U.K.), Winter/07, Nr. 16/07