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Profile on IPP by The Greater Good: Can Restorative Justice Help Prisoners to Heal?

6/11/2015

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Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
By Jill Suttie | June 9, 2015 


The Insight Prison Project helps incarcerated men learn new emotional skills in order to succeed in and out of prison. But it 
can also help crime survivors.

A dozen men sit in a circle. Some are old and some are young. A facilitator asks each one to check in with the group about how they are feeling emotionally, physically, or spiritually. Sometimes a man tears up with emotion as he talks. The others listen, offering nods of support or asking clarifying questions.

It sounds like a typical men’s support group—until you know these men are all prisoners incarcerated at San Quentin Prison.

This is a Victim Offender Education Group (or VOEG), an outgrowth of a movement that aims to help people who’ve committed crimes take responsibility for the harm they’ve caused others and to make amends to the victims of crime and their community. Operating within the criminal justice system as an alternative to punishment alone, these “restorative justice” programs help prove that personal transformation is possible, even for people who’ve committed the most serious crimes.

To read the complete article 'Can Restorative Justice Help Prisoners to Heal?' on the Great Good website, please click here.
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  • Who We Are
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    • Staff and Consultants
    • Board of Directors
    • Open Position - Director of Development & Outreach
  • 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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