Sixth grade teacher Vicki Rotker leads a “community circle” at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown, Maryland. The school is part of the Montgomery County district, which is introducing restorative ...

A group of Folsom Prison inmates takes part in a weekly workshop as part of the restorative justice program. Some of the participants will eventually meet with their crime victims and/or the victims’ ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Late last year, restorative justice organization Let’s Circle Up gathered community ...

The skirmish last fall began on a Montgomery County school bus. Someone — no one is sure who — tossed a water bottle from the back of the bus, smacking a sixth-grader sitting near the front. The next ...

CHARLESTON — On Nov. 17 starting at 5:30 pm, West Virginians across the state will simultaneously gather in libraries, churches, community centers, and on college campuses for community-building ...

Don Carney knew when he got the word from Marin County Superior Court Judge Beverly Wood that a big test was on the horizon. “Everyone would like to give restorative justice a chance here,” Wood wrote ...

The Coachella Valley Unified School District has been taking a different approach when it comes to its disciplinary policies. Schools within the district have been turning to “restorative justice” ...

When a sexual assault survivor walks into Alexandra Fulcher’s office at Occidental College in Los Angeles, it’s the first step in a process fraught with consequences for both the survivor and the ...

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