When the Oakland Unified school district’s restorative justice coordinator, David Yusem, walks into one of the district’s schools, he wants to know how it feels: Does it feel caring? Is there beauty ...

Editor's note: A year ago, after the murder of George Floyd, the U.S. exploded with protests bringing attention to the scourge of police violence against African Americans. Initial calls to "defund ...

Restorative justice conferencing is a process to identify, address, and to the extent possible offer repair and transformation harm that has occurred to the impacted party, the community in which the ...

This May, the Los Angeles Unified School District celebrated the 10th anniversary of the School Climate Bill of Rights — a resolution that halted suspensions for willful defiance and brought ...

Restorative Justice Practice is slowly gaining ground in Lagos State as an integral part of the criminal justice system and this column urges other states in the country to quickly follow the example.

Sixth grade teacher Vicki Rotker leads a “community circle” at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown, Maryland. The school is part of the Montgomery County district, which is introducing restorative ...

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 ...

Restorative Justice helps to address the relationship between victims, offenders and the community in a way that repairs the impacts of an incident, holds the offender accountable for their actions ...

The transformative aspects of using restorative justice to repair harm. NPT host Jerome Moore talks with Rahim Buford, founder of Unheard Voices, and community organizer Rev. Janet Wolf about using ...