When someone has been victimized by crime, we often hear how important a trial and conviction are to provide closure for the victim, or the victim’s family if the victim died. This trite word, closure, treats what has
Read MoreNovember 1st was All Saints Day, and for the first time since I’ve been in prison our Protestant service celebrated the holiday. During the service, a time was set aside for congregants to come forward and name the
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2019, 3:49 pm At our recent meeting of our bi-monthly Restorative Justice Club, our members broke into groups of three for our small group exercise. Each member of our group selected a full-sized picture of a
Read MorePracticing restorative justice is hard. When someone hurts us or harms us in any way, the natural human response is anger, and often revenge. It doesn’t surprise me to hear parents who have just lost a child to
Read MoreI can’t imagine; it must be easy being a corrections officer. I mean, the job itself looks pretty easy most of the time–lots of sitting around, making regular rounds, writing tickets from time to time–really glorified babysitting. But
Read MoreA year ago this week, hatred and bigotry made its mark on history in Charlottesville, Virginia. At a white nationalist rally, Heather Heyer was in the crowd decrying the vile rhetoric of the white nationalists and was murdered
Read MoreWhat is justice? This is a difficult, perhaps impossible, question for which there is no satisfying answer. For thousands of years, philosophers and theologians (and others) have been trying to define what justice is. Ancient Mesopotamian laws attempted
Read MoreYou’ve probably heard the cliche, “whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Well, this saying is a cliche for a reason. The fact is that there are more than two possible outcomes when you face hardships in your
Read MoreA friend of mine outside of prison asked me how I feel about the holidays since coming to prison. It’s a good question, and one that I’ve addressed before on this blog. The fact is that the holidays
Read MoreSometimes I wonder how practical restorative justice is to apply to the area of criminal justice. After all, most of the people I know who advocate for restorative justice have committed crimes. Of course, many of these people
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