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Study Identifies San Quentin Groups Shown to Reduce Recidivism (San Quentin News)

2/27/2013

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Study Identifies S.Q. Groups Shown to Reduce Recidivism
FOUR PROGRAMS FROM THE INSIGHT PRISON PROJECT OFFER OFFENDERS A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE


San Quentin News, February 2013, page 3


By San Quentin News Staff

A new study says four San Quentin programs help criminal offenders become productive members of society when released from prison.

The findings focused on San Quentin’s Victim/Offender Education Group, Violence Prevention, Brother’s Keeper, and Yoga programs. They were studied by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. The programs are a part of the Insight Prison Project, launched in 1997.
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"Unlikely Friends" Documentary

2/19/2013

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This is an amazing documentary coming out  by Leslie Neale (Juvies) about victims of violent crimes forgiving perpetrators. Please check it out!

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with one out of 32 Americans under criminal justice supervision. The rest of the world is intrigued by the paradox that the leading democracy in the free world imprisons so many of its citizens, 25% of the total prisoners worldwide.

UNLIKELY FRIENDS documents victims of brutal crimes who, through forgiveness, unexpectedly become friends with their perpetrators.

Finding a criminal justice system that has left them empty and unsupported, these victims of unspeakable crimes forgive out of a deep need to heal themselves, which in turn motivates the perpetrator to fully account for their actions and thereby begin the process of true rehabilitation.

These relationships, so unfathomable for most of us, open our thinking to new possibilities of how to transform a system ensconced in punishment and retribution to one of restorative justice that is based in humanity.

"Unlikely Friends” includes a rare and unique look into Insight Prison Projects Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG) surrogate dialogue panel held inside San Quentin State Prison. The VOEG program supports incarcerated individuals in the process of understanding and developing insight into the underlying circumstances of their lives and the choices that led them to come to prison. The process utilizes a Restorative Justice philosophy to help individuals to address memories and feelings connected to traumatic and unresolved events in their lives in an effort to integrate these experiences into their lives and experience a renewed sense of wholeness, authenticity, emotional well being and positive behavior. Click here for more information about the Victim Offender Education Group program.

Click here to see the "Unlikely Friends" trailer. ​

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  • Who We Are
    • Our Team
    • Advisory Board of Directors
    • A Restorative Justice Agency
  • What We Do
    • Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG)
    • Victim/Offender Dialogues
    • Complementary Courses and Sponsored Programs
    • Trainings >
      • Phase 1: Basic Victim Offender Education Group Facilitation Skills Training
      • Phase 2: VOEG Intensive Curriculum and Implementation Training
      • Victim Offender Dialogue Facilitator Training for Severe and Violent Crimes
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