Juvenile review boards have been operating in Connecticut for decades in an effort to keep youth out of the criminal justice system. In the last five years, the state legislature pushed the ...

Restorative practices are practices learned from the larger Restorative Justice (RJ) movement with the intent of strengthening relationships, building community, and resolving conflict. RJ is a ...

Educators are embracing restorative justice practices to facilitate safe and relational school environments and address inequities in school disciplinary practices. Research-based guidance offers ...

Author, professor and trailblazing activist Bell Hooks once said: "To build community requires vigilant awareness … rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of community." ...

In a bid to expand its restorative justice practices, Metropolitan Business Academy has put together a class for the second year in a row that focuses on helping high schoolers learn that “there are ...

Survivors of crime and criminal justice reform advocates are pushing for restorative justice and second chances, highlighting ...

Some months ago, I visited a friend who grows lemons, oranges, grapes, pecans and several other foods. Anxious for lemons, I asked if I could pick some. She reminded me the fruit wasn't ready to be ...

How do restorative justice practices in schools impact involvement in the criminal justice system? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from ...

The University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday to support the university’s Restorative Justice Program with over $30,000. The resolution outlined the use of ...

Boston College is looking to expand its use of restorative practices to broader community building, according to Melissa Woolsey, the associate dean of student conduct. “Restorative practices look to ...

Kendall Hughes was stabbed 12 times in the head, neck and back by a prisoner in a chapel while working as a Colorado prison system chaplain in 2002. A trauma surgeon told him the man had just missed ...

Restorative Practices Advisors (RPAs) serve a resource on campus to students and student groups in the areas of mediation and restorative practices. RPAs proactively provide education and outreach to ...