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Among the many people leaving California prisons each year, those who’ve served lengthy sentences and transformed themselves despite the harsh conditions are the least likely to have a home to return to. Family and friends who might have welcomed and temporarily sheltered them have moved on with their lives, left the city, or in some … Continued
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Mica Astion is a senior program associate for the PREA Resource Center (PRC). Much of Mica’s past work has been focused on sexual and domestic/intimate partner violence research. During her previous employment with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, the Boston Police Department, and most recently, Abt Associates, Mica’s research portfolio included … Continued
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How to build a pre-charge restorative justice diversion program that reduces youth criminalization while meeting the needs of people harmed.
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Impact Justice is pleased to announce the release of Space for Restorative Justice. Co-published with the Yale University School of Architecture, this book is the product of a ground-breaking studio at Yale run in collaboration with us. The studio explored the design of community justice centers in Bridgeport, Middletown, and New London, Connecticut, as an … Continued
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Impact Justice is a national innovation and research center advancing new ideas and solutions for justice reform. Impact Justice was founded in 2015 on an idea: to create an organization that would imagine, innovate, and accept absolutely nothing about the status quo of our current justice system. We know the problems: too many people locked … Continued
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Thank you for your interest in the Homecoming Project! Housing is not a privilege – it’s a necessity. Where someone lives in the first months of their release is critical to their success. Let’s make sure everyone returning to their community has a stable home waiting for them. You can make a transformative difference by sponsoring … Continued
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Advisory Board Antony Bugg-Levine CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund Ces Butner President/CEO, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers Dr. Todd Clear Provost, Rutgers University and past Board Chair of National Council on Crime & Delinquency Maeghan Gilmore Program Director for Health, Human and Justice Services, National Association of Counties Frankie Guzman Counsel, National Center for Youth Law Chet … Continued
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sujatha baliga’s work is characterized by an equal dedication to crime survivors and people who have caused harm. She speaks publicly and inside prisons about her own experiences as a survivor of child sexual abuse and her path to forgiveness. A former victim advocate and public defender in New York and New Mexico, sujatha was … Continued
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It is time to re-examine the message we are currently sending to and about some of the most vulnerable members of our society through the prison food experience. Food is an integral part of the human experience. Sitting down to a meal is part of being human, and sharing good food with others connects us. … Continued
