| Resolution Number: | 1988-D062 | |
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| Title: | Urge Government to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That this 69th General Convention urge the U.S. Government to abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit at Lexington, Kentucky, and all other similar institutions; and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church express deep concern about this deplorable and cruel treatment, the only purpose of which is to modify the behavior of the confined women and to inflict extreme physical and mental incapacitation; and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church repudiate vigorously the establishment of such women's control units and the use of psychological and physical tortures; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to Michael Quinland, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20001; to the National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit, 294 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201; to the Warden, Lexington Women's Prison, P.O. Box 2000, Lexington, KY 40012.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 312. |
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