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United States: Woods Fund Chicago launches Right On Justice initiative with Northern Ireland restorative justice leader
un article par Laurie Glenn (slightly abridged)
As the U.S. prison system continues to be vastly over-represented
by youth of color and costs of incarceration continue to skyrocket,
The Woods Fund Chicago launches [on October 22] its Right On
Justice Initiative with an international symposium featuring Paula
Jack, Northern Ireland's CEO of its Youth Justice Agency,
Department of Justice. 
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other regional
leaders will examine "lessons learned" from Northern Ireland, a
formerly war-torn nation that has fundamentally embraced the
underlying concept of restorative justice as a way to deliver justice.
The half-day symposium will explore the impact of Restorative
Justice in Northern Ireland and its potential implications for the
Chicago region's juvenile justice and educational systems to stop
the school-to-prison pipeline and reduce juvenile incarceration.
Restorative Justice is an international movement with growing
national and local initiatives that offers an alternative to punitive
justice systems and engages the victims of crimes in seeking ways
to reduce harm that leads to reduced incarceration and increased
school engagement.
Symposium speakers include:
Emmanuel Andre, Northwestern Children and Family Justice
Center
Jenny Arwade, Executive Director, Albany Park Neighborhood
Council
The Honorable Justice Anne Burke
Grace Hou, President, The Woods Fund of Chicago
The Honorable Sophia Hall, Judge, Circuit Court
Paula Jack, CEO, Youth Justice Agency, Department of Justice,
Northern Ireland
Candice Jones, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice
Elena Quintana, Executive Director, Institute on Public Safety
and Social Justice, Adler School of Professional Psychology
The Honorable Toni Preckwinkle, President Cook County Board
of Commissioners
Richard Steele, Talk Show Host, WBEZ Radio (moderator)
Ethan Viets-Van Lear, Circles and Ciphers
Laura Washington, Chicago Sun-Times Columnist & ABC-TV
News Political Commentator (moderator) . . .
Illinois suspends proportionally more African-American students
than any other state in the country, including 42% of all African-
American students with disabilities. In Chicago, African American
students are five times more likely to get an out of school
suspension than white students. Although whites make up more
than 50% of the Cook County population, 97% of youth detained at
the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (CCJTDC) are
youth of color (86% are African American). . .
Right On Justice is a two-year initiative funded by the Woods Fund
Chicago and led by Chicago's Albany Park Neighborhood Council
(APNC) and the Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice at the
Adler School of Professional Psychology (IPSSJ).
The initiative will develop a regional coalition to: advocate for
policies and support resources that identify and dismantle punitive
policies at the school and community level; advance restorative
justice alternatives to school push out and criminalization of
communities of color; reform the Cook County justice system; and,
build capacity for restorative justice solutions. For more
information please go to www.woodsfund.org.
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) liée(s) à cet article:
Restorative justice, What does it look like in practice?
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Commentaire le plus récent:
On this theme, I encourage CPNN readers to read Restorative Justice for Children in Brazil.
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