Restorative Justice /tags/restorative-justice Restorative Justice en-US Copyright © 2024 Wed, 08 May 2024 11:00:00 GMT How St. Louis' juvenile justice system often harms the kids it intends to help /law-order/2024-05-08/st-louis-missouri-juvenile-justice-system-rehabilitate-youth-often-hurts-them The juvenile justice framework intended for youth rehabilitation has caused frustration among those involved — including parents left to feel hopeless and in limbo. Wed, 08 May 2024 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-05-08/st-louis-missouri-juvenile-justice-system-rehabilitate-youth-often-hurts-them Taylor Tiamoyo Harris How Freedom Community Center gives people charged with felonies a second chance /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-05-31/how-freedom-community-center-gives-people-charged-with-felonies-a-second-chance The second cohort of Freedom Community Center’s Free Us Group Track Program graduated April 7 after 12 weeks of therapy, training, community service and restorative justice. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:03:47 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-05-31/how-freedom-community-center-gives-people-charged-with-felonies-a-second-chance Miya Norfleet The Bail Project Closes St. Louis Office As Cash Bail Use Sharply Declines /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-09-24/the-bail-project-closes-st-louis-office-as-cash-bail-use-sharply-declines Robin Steinberg, CEO of the Bail Project, and Mike Milton, founder and CEO of the Freedom Community Center, discuss the work done by the Bail Project in its three years here — and explain why its St. Louis office is closing. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:30:05 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-09-24/the-bail-project-closes-st-louis-office-as-cash-bail-use-sharply-declines Sarah Fenske Missouri Inmates Sew Custom Quilts For Foster Children: ‘It Kind Of Breaks Your Heart’ /culture-history/2021-07-09/missouri-inmates-sew-custom-quilts-for-foster-children-it-kind-of-breaks-your-heart A small group of men incarcerated at a prison in southern Missouri is working toward a common goal: creating personalized quilts for every child in the Texas County foster care system. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 10:27:26 GMT /culture-history/2021-07-09/missouri-inmates-sew-custom-quilts-for-foster-children-it-kind-of-breaks-your-heart Shahla Farzan Freedom Community Center To Offer St. Louis New Model For Restorative Justice /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-21/freedom-community-center-to-offer-st-louis-new-model-for-restorative-justice The Bail Project's Mike Milton is starting a new diversion program that will work with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office: The Freedom Community Center. He discussed it with John Nanney of UMSL on St. Louis on the Air. Fri, 21 May 2021 19:53:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-21/freedom-community-center-to-offer-st-louis-new-model-for-restorative-justice Sarah Fenske Giving Kids A Say: Schools Switch From Suspensions To Restorative Justice /education/2019-03-07/giving-kids-a-say-schools-switch-from-suspensions-to-restorative-justice There are no desks in AP Latin class at University City High School. Students instead “circle up” by facing each other in plastic chairs.As the stuffed… Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:08:35 GMT /education/2019-03-07/giving-kids-a-say-schools-switch-from-suspensions-to-restorative-justice Ryan Delaney St. Louis County, schools team up to encourage new approach to disciplining students /education/2018-03-13/st-louis-county-schools-team-up-to-encourage-new-approach-to-disciplining-students The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is one of ten agencies in the U.S. to receive a large federal grant to address trauma among youth in… Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:07:22 GMT /education/2018-03-13/st-louis-county-schools-team-up-to-encourage-new-approach-to-disciplining-students Ashley Lisenby Missouri's Prison Garden Program Donates Record Haul Of Fresh Produce To The Needy /government-politics-issues/2014-12-22/missouris-prison-garden-program-donates-record-haul-of-fresh-produce-to-the-needy A record donation of produce to more than 80 food pantries and other sites around the state is coming from an unlikely source: the Missouri Department of… Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:39:21 GMT /government-politics-issues/2014-12-22/missouris-prison-garden-program-donates-record-haul-of-fresh-produce-to-the-needy