Alex Roshuk’s Weblog

December 10, 2007

Restorative Justice

Filed under: Restorative Justice, Ruminations — roshuk @ 1:07 am

Please sign this petition now!

The Restorative Justice movement aims at reevaluating the criminal justice system and undertaking reforms to make justice not a punitive undertaking that views punishment through incarceration as the fundamental means to justice but one that sees more proactive approaches such as rehabilitation, transitional services, family support services, pre-trial services and fair representation of defendants in the criminal justice system as ways in which society will benefit from justice as a healing process.

CURE-NY a local New York State criminal justice organization run by Rudy Cyper is currently conducting a letter writing campaign with NYS Coalition for Rehabilitation and Reentry (NYS CoRR) a coalition of 33 justice advocacy groups across New York State. Please sign their petition and considering writing to a New York State politicians in support of these reforms. I have been helping this organization by writing letters for approximately ten years. please consider helping this campaign also. Thank you.

For more information on the restorative justice movement: http://www.restorativejustice.org/

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