MILWAUKEE -- Making strides to a heal a city. Saturday, March 5th volunteers trained to be peacemakers in a program that engages both victims and offenders. "What i'm looking for is just to make a ...

Now that the charges have been dropped against the police officers in the Freddie Gray case, how can you not conclude that the justice system utterly failed? Which, naturally, raises another question: ...

“Have you ever handled a matter like this one before?” Lisa’s mother challenged me over the phone. She had just described the conflict between her daughter and Kaitlyn, a former friend, which had ...

“My son was brutally assaulted in school by this boy for no reason! He didn’t even fight back and he suffered a concussion from the beating. And the whole thing was broadcast over social media, so ...

People who work in the field of restorative justice say two things have to happen to make the practice of “community conferencing” work: all parties have to agree to the process, and everyone must ...

After a seven-year hiatus, the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women hosted its 38th Community Conference on Sexual Battery and Relationship Violence at Trinity United Methodist Church on ...

Community Conferencing of Centre County is a program under the Center for Alternatives in Community Justice (CACJ) and in collaboration with CentrePeace. Conferencing is a confidential, voluntary and ...

PA CareerLink and Community Conferencing recently began a backpack program for reentry clients who complete the “Career Skills and Reentry Preparedness” course. Photo provided The first 72 hours are ...

EASTON — New funding is ensuring the continuation of a Mid-Shore Pro Bono pilot program providing alternative dispute resolution to Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Talbot and Dorchester county residents ...