Pennsylvania College of Technology recently wrapped up Restorative Justice Week, which aimed to highlight the importance of ...

A group of Folsom Prison inmates takes part in a weekly workshop as part of the restorative justice program. Some of the participants will eventually meet with their crime victims and/or the victims’ ...

When Cecilia Gonzalez told family members she had volunteered to share her life story with men in prison, they were shocked. Gonzalez, 56, had spent most of her adult life recovering from the pain and ...

TURBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prison unit where older men with lengthier sentences mentor young adults preparing to reenter society is giving officials hope that a different approach to ...

What is restorative justice?: How an inside-out class rewrote tragedy"Hamlet" has endured the ages, embodying timeless themes of the human condition. But what if its tragic ending — with every ...

Amanda Conant poses for a photo in front of a mural in the gymnasium at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington on Sept. 18, 2024. Conant is incarcerated, and teaches a ...

After serving 36 years and seven months, Tommy “Shakur” Ross counted down the last four days of serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole at San Quentin State Prison. Months earlier, the ...

Restorative Justice and Lived Religion is the fruit of an activist-­scholar’s immersive tutoring by restorative justice organizations in Chicago. Jason Springs, who teaches religion, ethics, and peace ...

There are currently a number of public and political discussions across the country regarding community safety and how the criminal justice system through its bail and sentencing processes addresses ...

Faced with rising concerns over youth crime, Minnesota lawmakers have passed the most significant changes in a generation to the state's troubled juvenile justice system. An expansive public safety ...

Ispend every friday morning in prison. I’m not incarcerated, but at 8 a.m. each Friday I flash my ID, sign in at the guard post outside East Moline Correctional Center, pass through the fence topped ...