Apr. 22—A youth program — the only one of its kind in Montana — that gives Flathead Valley students facing school-based offenses an alternative to the juvenile justice system is getting national ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Wednesday, some Virginia delegates advocated for legislation that would promote what's known as restorative justice programs in Virginia schools as an alternative to suspensions or ...

In 2022, the Department of Student Affairs spearheaded the pilot program and received three years of funding for development and implementation. This included updating the division name from Student ...

Key points Restorative justice programs often fail due to a lack of consistent personnel in the schools. A controversial issue, restorative justice programs are liable to lose grant funding, depending ...

A government bureaucrat boasted about implementing a program based on an "ancient indigenous practice" at the Washington, D.C. attorney general's office to allow some young criminals, who committed ...

Nearly a year ago, middle school principals around Portland Public Schools made an unusually direct plea to the school board: Student behavior issues have spiraled out of control, they wrote in a ...

CRYJ’s restorative justice model gives students an opportunity to repair harm they caused and reconnect with their community, while a punitive model often further separates them, said Kaya Juda-Nelson ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. In May 2021, the District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the Second District Supervisor’s Office, launched a pilot ...

To reduce the number of formerly incarcerated citizens returning to prison, some communities are turning to restorative justice — a practice promoting accountability and healing for all parties ...

The nonprofit believes it's actually far more challenging for juvenile offenders to look their victims in the eye than ...

Everyone agrees that individuals who cause harm to others should make amends for what they’ve done. Victims of crime deserve to feel justice has been served in their cases. Judges and prosecutors work ...

In May 2021, the District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the Second District Supervisor’s Office, launched a pilot program for Neighborhood Restorative Justice (NRJP) in Goleta, targeting ...