NZ bishop's prisoner prayer cell

THE Anglican Bishop of Wellington is to live a week in a small cabin-like "cell", praying for New Zealand's 8000-plus prisoners and their victims.

Bishop Justin Duckworth's prayer vigil in the cell on the front steps of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul is part of Wellington diocese's week-long focus on penal reform.

He will go into the cell after preaching at this Sunday's 10am service in the cathedral and won't leave it until next Sunday's service.

Each day, however, he will emerge from the fenced-off cell to lead a lunchtime communion service at the entrance.

"This action is not to criticise and is not a protest. Rather, it is to express hope for a safer society with everyone taking ownership of the issue of penal reform," Bishop Duckworth said in a statement.

He said there were alternatives to prison that were often more effective at reducing crime.

"Society and the church need to keep asking themselves if they want a system that simply punishes or one that changes behaviour and means less reoffending and fewer victims.

"Some responsibility for prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration sits with Corrections, but some also sits with society, the church and each one of us as it needs to happen in our own backyard."

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