Criminal justice reform will require a good deal of experimentation as we move from public safety models that for centuries have focused on incarceration. Today, we examine the challenges involved in applying restorative justice principles to protest and destruction of… Read More ›
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Santa Fe District Attorney & Obelisk Defendants’ Attorney Speak Out on Obelisk & Restorative Justice
Social justice protesters worthy of compassion or domestic terrorists who deserve punishment? An obelisk that is offensive to many and revered by many others. Two perspectives on the same actions and the same statue. We offer the perspective of District… Read More ›
Restorative Justice for Obelisk Defendents and More on Avangrid, Less is More, and Rethink Our Democracy
Today’s post is pretty short, but packs a wallop with Part II of a three part video “conversation” focused on Less is More, links to Rethink Our Democracy actions and events, a call to action to support restorative justice for… Read More ›
New Georgia Text, Phone Bank Options & More Encouraging News, Plus Soledad Inmates Pool $.08/Hour to Subsidize Sy’s Education
A brief post today with a really important message from a high security prison in California. This isn’t just a feel-good story to start the year, it has a good deal to say about US incarceration, private prisons and alternatives… Read More ›
Using Restorative Justice to Address the Obelisk Could Have National Implications
We return to the task of healing our country’s gaping divisions and lay out a possible strategy to do so. We turn the post over to Jeff Holbrook who outlines how relying on Restorative Justice principles may be our best… Read More ›