A new report from The Sentencing Project finds that restorative justice diversion programs consistently produce better outcomes than traditional juvenile court processing, reducing reoffending, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Hancock, chief superintendent of Wood Buffalo RCMP, says restorative justice has been a success in the Fort McMurray and Wood ...

Three people who were teens when they were charged with shooting pellet guns in Hillcrest in September 2024 completed a court-mandated restorative justice program that lowered their felony charge to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 22—A youth program — the only one of its kind in Montana — that gives Flathead Valley students facing school-based offenses ...

SAUK VILLAGE, Ill. (CBS) – A program that gives some people who were convicted of a non-violent crime a second chance is expanding in south suburban Sauk Village. The program, Restorative Justice ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Healey-Driscoll administration on Friday announced that two local groups were among 13 community-based organizations awarded $380,000 in grants to support restorative justice ...

On the second floor of the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center in the Bronx, a group of recent high school graduates sat in a circle and shared how they act when they feel comfortable. One said when ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cook County will expand its restorative justice court program to the suburbs for the first time with a new court planned for the south suburban Sauk Village, Chief Judge Tim Evans announced Thursday.

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 ...