Why Supporting Families Is Crucial to Strong Communities
For many families, contact with the legal system comes after years of struggling to meet basic needs. When we invest in solutions that respond to those needs both inside and outside of the courts, we pave the way for safer, stronger communities.
Over the past decade, the Strong Starts Court Initiative has worked to transform the family court process to focus on strengthening parents’ relationships with their babies.
What Do Restorative Responses to Domestic Violence Look Like?
A practitioner shares his experience with Healing Connections, a restorative accountability group for people who have caused harm in their relationships.
Center for Justice Innovation Voluntarily Recognizes Brooklyn Supervised Release Union
The Center for Justice Innovation (Brooklyn Supervised Release) is pleased to voluntarily recognize National Organization of Legal Service Workers UAW, Local 2320 as a staff union, representing many of our Brooklyn-based Supervised Release Program staff. We look forward to a productive, collaborative collective bargaining process that helps us continue our vital work building safety and justice with the communities we serve.
Over the past decade, the Strong Starts Court Initiative has worked to transform the family court process to focus on strengthening parents’ relationships with their babies.
Why Supporting Families Is Crucial to Strong Communities
For many families, contact with the legal system comes after years of struggling to meet basic needs. When we invest in solutions that respond to those needs both inside and outside of the courts, we pave the way for safer, stronger communities.
What Do Restorative Responses to Domestic Violence Look Like?
A practitioner shares his experience with Healing Connections, a restorative accountability group for people who have caused harm in their relationships.
What Broadway Show “Punch” Reveals About Restorative Justice
The play, based on a remarkable true story of redemption after a one-punch manslaughter, illustrates how restorative justice can help people move forward after serious harm.
Hear from the Real People Behind the Broadway Show “Punch”
“Punch” brings an incredible true story of restorative justice to Broadway. Hear from the real people behind that story in a special episode of our New Thinking podcast.
