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 ...

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 ...

SAUK VILLAGE, Ill. (WLS) -- A second chance is being offered for young people in south suburban Sauk Village. A court focused on restorative justice has opened. It's an expansion of a program in the ...

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 ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Since 2021, the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office has been offering the Emerging Adult Program, a pre-charge restorative justice initiative. This program allows young ...

The Yolo County District Attorney’s Restorative Justice Partnership (RJP) Program is seeking community volunteers to participate in a spring community panelist training course with sessions offered ...

Jonathan Sandoval had no idea what “restorative justice” meant when he received a phone call from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in May. The 24-year-old Sacramento State graduate with a ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — It's graduation day in Englewood for a group of people getting a second chance because they were convicted of felonies, but their records are about to be cleared. Twenty-four-year-old ...

YPSILANTI, Mich. – On Saturday, a five-mile walk aims to connect Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti while raising money for The Dispute Resolution Center’s restorative justice program. The program offers victims ...

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 ...

How former prisoners are getting a second chance at a career at Atrium Health. Going to prison is hard enough. Trying to find a job after being released from prison can prove to be just as difficult.