With spring comes new growth and fresh signs of restorative approaches in Canada’s criminal justice landscape.
The Church Council would like to draw your attention to a few stories that highlight positive initiatives across Canada:
- Manitoba launches mental-health court. The Province of Manitoba is moving forward in its efforts to improve social services with a new mental-health court opening in May…
- Guthrie House project recognized as a big success. A “therapeutic community” at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre has recently received a nod of approval from the province for reducing the rate at which prisoners reoffend once on the outside…
- North Bay judge wants to offer sentencing circles in criminal cases. One North Bay judge is looking ahead to offer sentencing circles when appropriate to resolve conflicts in a way that involves members of the community in the healing process and recommendations to hold people accountable for their actions…
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