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  • Combinar la justicia restaurativa con la justicia penal, lecciones desde Navarra

    January 12, 2024 |

    Instituto de Periodismo Constructivo |

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    Response Location: Spain, Navarra

    Desde los primeros años del 2000, la Asociación Navarra de Mediación (ANAME) ha trabajado para garantiza como servicio público la justicia restaurativa, un proceso para la resolución de conflictos enfocado en la reparación del daño a la víctima y la sanación emocional de las partes implicadas y del tejido social. De los casos en los que las partes decidieron iniciar el proceso, el 72% terminaron en acuerdo, un resultado que coincide con la experiencia en otros países.

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  • Vermont's Prison Education Programs Give Incarcerated People a Second Chance to Learn

    January 10, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    People incarcerated in Vermont correctional facilities have the option to participate in education programs ranging from foundational skills classes and high school completion credits to technical courses and community college offerings, and the agency puts particular emphasis on literacy development. More than 600 people are currently enrolled and about 25 earn their diplomas each year.

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  • He's spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he's also been a college professor.

    January 04, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Cañon City, Colorado

    A new program through Adams State University hires incarcerated professors to teach in prison bachelor’s programs, providing them training and income while giving more people access to education behind bars. Students report that they prefer learning from someone who understands their experiences and is available to connect with outside of formal classes.

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  • The Beacon Prison Books Project Provides Free Books to Those Behind Bars

    November 29, 2023 |

    The River |

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    Response Location: United States, Beacon, New York

    The Beacon Prison Books Project provides free books to incarcerated people through a group of volunteers who take book requests, order the books and then display them in participating bookstores for patrons to purchase as sponsored gifts for those in prison. The program has expanded to several bookstores in the state and has sent over 3,000 books to incarcerated people since February 2020.

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  • Homecoming Project creates safe reentry for incarcerated people

    November 07, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Impact Justice’s Homecoming Project helps formerly incarcerated individuals secure housing by pairing them with homeowners renting out a spare bedroom or studio space in their homes. Impact Justice pays the homeowner for six months, providing the formerly incarcerated participant with enough time to rebuild and acclimate to life outside of prison without the burden of paying rent. The Homecoming Project is meant to be an alternative to transitional housing that can sabotage the formerly incarcerated person’s independence.

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  • Will Speer Found Hope Enough to Share on Texas's Death Row

    October 23, 2023 |

    Texas Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Twenty-eight death row inmates have gone through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Rehabilitation Programs Division’s Faith-Based Program. Over a year and a half, they take classes, participate in community discussions, and attend religious services that encourage a sense of purpose, help them find inner peace with God, and inspire them to make a difference in the prison.

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  • Kentucky Activists Step In to Deliver on the Promise of Voting Rights Restoration

    October 12, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    After Kentucky reinstated voting rights for people convicted of nonviolent crimes who have finished their sentence, a coalition of activists and nonprofit organizations started using public records, social media, door-to-door canvassing, and other outreach methods to inform formerly incarcerated people of their rights. The effort has helped register more than 89,000 people since 2019, though advocates say the state itself could be doing much more to reach newly-enfranchised voters.

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  • For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

    October 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

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  • Prison powwow's message: ‘You are not forgotten'

    September 27, 2023 |

    ICT News |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Organized by an Indigenous religious circle — known as a hoop — called the Sisterhood, the Washington Corrections Center for Women Sisterhood Powwow gathered women who are incarcerated, their families, and staff together to expand their access to cultural connection.

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  • Incarcerated people partner with state officials to encourage voter turnout in prisons

    September 25, 2023 |

    Maine Morning Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    In Maine, one of only two states where people in prison retain their right to vote, the Maine State Prison branch of the NAACP engages incarcerated voters through flyers, posters, guest speakers, and group discussions about political issues. Over the past two decades, the organization has helped more than 1,000 people register to vote in Maine prisons.

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