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 ...

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

The vast majority of the behavior issues at Lawrence middle and high schools are now dealt with using restorative justice practices, and the school district is planning to expand the discipline ...

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 ...

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." ...

When a crime occurs, it sets in motion potential tragic consequences that are often unseen by the American justice system. However, this "benign neglect" may lead to traumatic consequences for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 living conditions will ...

Studies have made it clear: Black college students are more likely to observe and experience overt racism and experience microaggressions that communicate that they are intellectually inferior or ...

Restorative practices promote the creation of spaces of trust and respect, with members of the campus community coming together for difficult conversations, deep listening, and restorative dialogue ...