addresses criminal violations that impact the quality of life in the community. Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced today, that they will be expanding their Neighborhood ...

JULIE: A ONE OF A KIND PROGRAM, HERE IN OMAHA, IS REDUCING JAIL POPULATION, AND REPAIRING THE COMMUNITY AT THE SAME TIME. ROB: IT’S CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, AND IT’S THE ONLY PROGRAM LIKE THIS ...

The Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, which houses Douglas County District Court and a number of other criminal justice services at 111 E. 11th St., is pictured April 8, 2020. A ...

In May 2021, the District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the Second District Supervisor’s Office, launched a pilot program for Neighborhood Restorative Justice (NRJP) in the city of Goleta, ...

While its classes have been on hold for most the year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a restorative justice group at Jefferson City Correctional Center has still been able to continue a tradition of ...

CHICAGO -- In a shuttered Catholic school with bells tolling in the background, Cook County Judge Beatriz Santiago leaned over her desk and asked the defendant how his GED practice tests were going.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. In May 2021, the District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the Second District Supervisor’s Office, launched a pilot ...

Did you think retraining your brain to help your kids with Eureka math was difficult? Imagine trying to shift the way entire schools, including students, teachers, administrators and parents think of ...

ABOUT THE PROGRAM JOINS US LIVE TO LON. YEAH, AND THE CITY TELLING ME THEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL TEST PROGRAM BACK IN AUGUST NOW THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION IS HEALTHY DIALOGUE. THEY CREATED ...

A man who accidentally fired a gun inside his apartment. A woman who was harassed by a man in an Uber. A person who vandalized a building. Those are among the 65 minor criminal cases sent to the ...

How former prisoners are getting a second chance at a career at Atrium Health. Going to prison is hard enough. Trying to find a job after being released from prison can prove to be just as difficult.

TAMPA — As a first time offender, Andre Jones says he was facing up to 35 years in jail and probation. Then he was accepted into the R.E.D. Program, also known as Rehabilitation Enables Dreams. "It ...