Without protest, Mary* had watched neighborhood boys hop her fence and not-so-delicately retrieve an errant ball from her immaculate yard. But this time a soccer ball had damaged a lawn ornament that her husband had painstakingly created. And her husband lay inside, dying of cancer. Joe* came home from a long, hard day at workRead more
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Alyssa*had been in and out of foster care and custody facilities since she was 12 years old. Her Dad wasn’t around and she didn’t get along with her mom. When she was 17, her mom moved to BC. Alyssa was on her own. Alyssa’s probation officer connected her with CJI’s Back Home Program. Through BackRead more
During our 40+ year history, we have continuously responded to community needs by creatively, and innovatively applying restorative justice principles to new problems. We believe the only limit to the power of restorative justice is the capacity of the human heart to change and grow.
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