This article has been adapted from the book Locked Down, Locked Out by Maya Schenwar. As a rising call to close prisons and reduce prison population takes hold, skeptics continually ask what will ...

A question that dogs such programs as “restorative circles” centers on their mission: Are they educational or are the a substitute for punishment? In truth, and depending on the circumstances, they ...

The main purpose of a retributive justice system is to restore the injured party back to before the injustice occurred. If that is not possible, the purpose is to ensure that the offending party is ...

Restorative practices promote the creation of spaces of trust and respect, with members of the campus community coming together for difficult conversations, deep listening, and restorative dialogue ...

Open, vulnerable, listening and connection. These are the words that come to mind when senior Sophia Christodoulou, co-president of The Petey Greene Program at Tufts, thinks of a restorative practice ...