Restorative justice emphasizes the harm caused by a criminal act. It is accomplished through a voluntary process that includes the crime victim, the offender and other individuals affected by the ...

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez addressed a packed conference room of attendees – dozens of whom proclaimed their Brooklynite statuses as he approached the podium – on Thursday by first ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Advocates gathered in Morgantown on Friday for a conference on restorative justice, or the principle that those who commit crimes should be offered the opportunity to come ...

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.” ...

Bessemer, Alabama, February 1946: Timothy Hood, an African American man and honorably discharged Marine, was shot several times by a white streetcar conductor after he moved a Blacks Only sign in the ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office hosted a three-day "Expanding Restorative Justice in Oregon" workshop that concluded Wednesday, in partnership with Community ...

Recent growth at Lakes Area Restorative Justice Project is all about giving second chances to youths and young adults in the Crow Wing County community. Brian Andrews, executive director at Lakes Area ...

Color Of Change policy and government affairs manager Shruti Lakshmanan speaking at Thursday morning’s press conference as Minnesota Wrongfully Convicted Judicial Reform executive director Marvina ...

Justice systems exist to respond to rule violations, yet violence does far more than break rules. It disrupts meaning, fractures identity, and weakens the sense of safety that allows individuals and ...