Fair and sustainable?
Sister Gina raises concerns about changes in prison chaplaincy
It is with some relief, but also with a heavy heart, that I am about to retire at the age of seventy after nearly fourteen years of ministry as a part time prison chaplain. Most of this time has been spent at Wormwood Scrubs prison. Until the last few years, there has always been an opportunity for some of the chaplains, proactively, to dedicate time to seek out those who are self-harming or at risk of suicide and to offer regular support to them until the worst of the crisis is over. Very few have turned the offer down. For a number of years, I was ably assisted in this task by a volunteer, who is a Quaker, and a Roman Catholic, who was paid from within the chaplaincy budget.
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