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Why Restorative Justice Is About More Than Reducing Suspensions

Daisy Yuhas

July 25, 2018 |

KQED |

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Response Location: United States

Restorative justice, an approach commonly associated with international conflict resolution, is being brought into schools to replace harsh discipline with conversations about harm caused and opportunities for students to repair that harm. So far, research shows that this approach helps students feel respected and can curb the use of out-of-school suspensions.

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'It's the New Form of Affordable Housing': More People Are Living in Their Cars

Mattie Quinn

July 24, 2018 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

With vehicular homelessness on the rise along the West Coast, safe parking programs provide much-needed privacy and a sense of community. San Diego and Santa Barbara are models.

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Halting Violence In The Heartland

Gaby Galvin

July 14, 2018 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

A nonprofit in Omaha focuses on hospitals for its gang intervention work, making contact with gang members or potential gang members who have been injured through violence and may be ready to make a change in their lives. YouTurn connects them to services like housing, education and job programs and acts as a bridge between families, police and doctors. It also works to prevent violence that might occur in hospitals through revenge or retaliation by rival gangs.

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'It keeps us safe': An NYC bathroom set up to stem overdoses

Jennifer Peltz

July 13, 2018 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In Brooklyn, VOCAL-NY runs a bathroom that serves as a safe injection site and needle exchange program for those using heroin and other drugs. The bathroom is monitored by intercom and is a less "official" version of safe injection sites being tested around North America, in cities like Vancouver and Seattle.

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Watchful Eyes: At Peer-Run Injection Sites, Drug Users Help Each Other Stay Safe

Gabriel Spitzer

July 13, 2018 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver's safe drug injection sites have been credited with increasing drug users access to treatment while also decreasing dangerous behaviors like needle sharing. Now, Vancouver is also seeing a rise in peer-run pop-up safe drug injection sites, where people may feel less stigma and judgement; the sites are supported by Vancouver's public health authorities and law enforcement.

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Tenants Struggling With Mental Illness Found Safety in the “Hotel of Last Resort”

Travis Lupick

July 11, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

Many people who struggle with mental health and substance abuse have trouble maintaining a consistent living situation. The Portland Hotel in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver came to be operated by a woman named Liz Evans who decided to give the mentally ill residents a safe place to live, regardless of outbursts or poor living habits or drug use. Removing the fear of eviction improved the mental health of the residents and is the same philosophy implemented now by the Portland Hotel Society.

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New prison unit opens to help young female inmates

Clarice Silber

July 09, 2018 |

The Connecticut Mirror |

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Response Location: United States, East Lyme, Connecticut

Connecticut’s women's prison launched a new unit in 2018 devoted to rehabilitation and reintegration. It’s based on prisons for young offenders in Germany, which the state's governor and the head of corrections visited, after which they worked with the Vera Institute of Justice to design one for Connecticut. The women’s unit follows the opening of a similar program for young male offenders where they are mentored by older inmates and receive counseling and education to reduce recidivism.

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Chasing the curve: As budgets churn, can Montana get its mentally ill care before they hit crisis?

Eric Dietrich Katheryn Houghton

July 08, 2018 |

Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, Livingston, Montana

This threatened mental health care in a tangible way, but the state has found ways to provide services differently. Despite limited funding, state health officials still choose to direct funds toward prevention, rather than only paying for emergency services. Using outpatient support groups and an integrated behavioral health system are other options. Still, the state is figuring out how to provide higher quality care on a lower budget.

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Two years after Philando Castile's death, programs aim to transform relations between police, residents

Dan Simmons

July 07, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Roseville, Minnesota

Drivers in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn., who have equipment issues with their cars may get coupons to help them fix the problems at repair shops rather than a ticket. The Lights On program was created by a nonprofit after the shooting death of Philando Castile by a police officer during a traffic stop over a broken tail light in a nearby town. Twenty participating police departments around the Twin Cities are participating and the program expanded to Iowa, with plans for additional locales.

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Lessons from Vancouver: U.S. cities consider supervised injection facilities

Elana Gordon

July 05, 2018 |

WHYY |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

In Vancouver, supervised injection facilities get drug users off the street and under the watchful eyes of trained medical professionals. This is a response to the huge number of overdose death in the city. The sites have now been active for fifteen years and have not seen one overdose death on their premises.

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