We all make mistakes, and that doesn’t mean you can’t change,” said Kitty O’Hara, the longest-serving volunteer at the Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center.

The idea of incorporating community service into India's penal policy predates its statutory introduction. The Indian Penal ...

West Virginia’s part-time U.S. senator, Jim Justice, finally got around to paying the IRS some of the more than $8 million-plus in personal income taxes he owed but only because the IRS got tired of ...

Justice systems exist to respond to rule violations, yet violence does far more than break rules. It disrupts meaning, fractures identity, and weakens the sense of safety that allows individuals and ...

This is part of a weekly series introducing readers to individuals passionate about our Mid-Valley community. For 10 years, Willamette University professor Melissa Buis has been bringing undergraduate ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Safe & Restorative Schools Learning Tour made a stop in Richmond on Saturday, bringing awareness to mental health crises in Black teens and advocating for the implementation ...

Louisiana prison guards handcuffed Damon Landor to a chair, held him down, and shaved his dreadlocks — an act that blatantly violated his Rastafarian faith and the rights he maintained in jail to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — When harm happens, our instinct often turns to punishment but what if there was another way? A way that focuses on healing, accountability, and transformation instead of ...

Two French prisoners escaped from jail after sawing through the bars of their cells and using bedsheets to get out of the facility, a prosecutor said Thursday. Guards noticed the break-out shortly ...

The Incarcerated Writers Bureau currently has 21 participants from 12 states Getty The Prison and Justice Writing Program at PEN America has announced its Incarcerated Writers Bureau The bureau is a ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Last week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons posted a video of ...