When we talked recently about veterans and prison, Sister Kateri Koverman told me about the veterans she encountered during her time as a social worker with Catholic Relief Services during the Vietnam War. “Many of them were less-than-honorably discharged, which for me is a very sad reality,” she said. An other-than-honorable discharge can be triggered by many things, but is usually the result of a pattern of behavior considered unbefitting a service member: violence against other service members, drug abuse, security violations — even adultery. Sister Koverman’s experience during the war has given her deep perspective into her work with incarcerated veterans today. “Having been in
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