When the phone rang at 7 a.m. on a January morning in 2010, Eric Butler learned that his sister had just been murdered.He had four sisters—“I’m the …
Why One Phrase Dominates Talk About Justice Alternatives: Restorative Justice
From school discipline to adult jails and prisons, criminal justice reformers have pinned many hopes on an alternative approach called restorative justice. What exactly is it? And where has it worked?
This episode introduces the concept of restorative justice, in which crime victims actually have a say in the punishment handed down to their …
Wellness courts provide an example of how some tribal governments are using indigenous sovereignty to build a community-based justice system, rooted …
Restorative justice has been put forward in the US as a new, and in some cases, better approach to dealing with sexual violence
In the fall of 2015, Judge Leo Sorokin launched a pilot program he had been envisioning for years, with no precedent in the federal system. It offered a rare second chance for adult defendants convicted of serious federal crimes to avoid prison.
Late on a fall afternoon ten years ago, Cheryl and Troy walked into a room and shook hands. It was a small space at the Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, almost entirely taken up by a conference table and chairs.