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This webinar is part of a series highlighting restorative justice applications in different regions across the United States. This session focuses on Restorative Justice in the North and features community-based organizations and practitioners committed to implementing restorative approaches that promote accountability and healing within communities and function alongside or outside the criminal legal system. Presenters will share recommendations for implementing restorative justice based on their experience.

NCORJ held an interactive workshop to introduce participants to the philosophy and practice of restorative justice. Participants will familiarize themselves with the key principles of a restorative approach, engage in a case study activity to understand real-world applications and participate in a virtual circle process.

This webinar highlights how practitioners, writers, artists, and other creatives advance restorative justice advocacy and education efforts through storytelling. Examples discussed will include novels, films, case studies, theatre, and more. Attendees will consider how media and stories influence the public’s perception of justice issues and can expand public imagination.

LISC presented "The Role of Intermediaries in Building Organizational Capacity for CVI Programs" at the 2024 Gifford’s Community Violence Intervention Conference.

LISC coordinated the delivery of several breakout workshop sessions during the 2024 CVIPI Grantee Conference, including “Nonprofit Capacity Building: Community Justice Accelerator”, “Supporting CVI Infrastructure: Recognizing and Responding to the Needs of the CVI Workplace”, “Safe Passages as a Proven Model to Reduce Violence: The Importance of a Data-Driven and Collaborative Approach”, “Coalition Building Models in CVI”, “Performance Management for CVIPI”, “Leveraging CVI Resources to Enhance Collaboration and Capacity”, “Reimagining Justice with Data-Informed Community Engagement”, “The

During this reporting period, under their FY'22 grant, the Washington Department of Corrections (WADOC) continued to work towards their goals. Brydee Rieck, WADOC's Transgender Housing and Program Manager, has been working to review the housing protocols for the transgender population. WADOC hopes to ensure there is a full review for all disclosures, transfers, and moves of anyone who is transgender as these numbers have gone up and the DOC is receiving around 70 requests per month.

The PRC will operate an assistance request form on its website and will respond to assistance requests by engaging with jurisdictions, assessing what services are appropriate, and meeting the needs of the requesting organization as resources allow. All data regarding the interaction will be tracked in the PRC's information database. Full assistance cases will be reported as individual TTAs.
The PRC processed/closed 38 Request for Assistance cases between January - June 2024.

Cases responded to and closed for Contact Us during the reporting period of January - June 2024 were 440.

Rape is not part of the penalty. These words echo the intent of the Prison Rape Elimination Act ? that no matter what crime someone may have committed, sexual abuse is not acceptable. In the 20 years since the passage of the landmark PREA legislation, many practitioners, advocates, and survivors have worked to implement the law and end this public health crisis. Workshop presenters from the PREA Resource Center and our partner organizations Just Detention International and The Moss Group, Inc. shared highlights from PREA 20th anniversary events, including a brief video of historic moments.

The PREA Management Office (PMO) and the National PREA Resource Center (PRC) hosted a four hour convening event on Saturday, January 6, 2024, for PREA stakeholders as part of the American Correctional Association (ACA) winter conference in National Harbor, MD. The convening featured updates from leaders of the PMO and the PRC, as well as timely and relevant topics for juvenile justice and correctional facilities, agencies, PREA auditors, advocates, and other stakeholders interested in discussing PREA implementation and its challenges.