Pranis, et al’s values consist of the following:

• Respect: Respect involves seeing past the offense and the offender to discover a person’s humanity.  This does not mean the offense is overlooked, it means that the worth inherent in every person is recognized in the offender.

• Honesty: Honesty has been found to be powerfully transforming within the realm of restorative justice.  When offenders and victims are honest about the way they feel, it promotes the honesty of others.

• Trust: With respect and honesty comes trust.  First people must trust themselves, and then they can begin to trust others and learn that things can be worked out in accordance with their values.

• Humility: Humility allows people to honor the voice of others by listening and being receptive.  It helps people to focus on the advancement of truth rather than the advancement of their own needs.

• Sharing:  Sharing is about opening ourselves to others and allowing relationships to develop as they will, without our influence.

• Inclusivity: Inclusivity refers to seeking out all those who have been affected and then striving to incorporate their concerns/needs in the outcomes.  By including everyone, an atmosphere of tolerance and respect is developed that is essential for a healthy community.

• Empathy: Empathy is what allows us to understand each other.  It inspires compassion and expresses the equality between ourselves and those who suffer.

• Courage: Courage allows us to find our own path and helps us grant others the ability to do the same.  It is not the absence of fear, but the ability to acknowledge fear and go forward in spite of it.

• Forgiveness: Forgiveness allows people to release negative energies produced by anger and resentment so that light and hope can come in.

• Love: Love can be used as a healing force.  By loving we become aware that we are not separate and that our actions affect others.

As discussed in Section I, community service and restorative justice have a place within prisons.  The following discuss some restorative justice values in reference to the Restorative Prison Project.  As a restorative method, the project included the following four pillars:

1. Provide opportunities for prisoners to work for the benefit of others.
2. Foster a new relationship between prisons and their local communities.
3. Raise awareness among prisoners about the suffering of victims of crime.
4. Develop a new basis for resolving conflicts in prison.

In addition to the four pillars, the project had several prison service and resettlement goals.  These goals included: introducing new and sustainable skills and knowledge that aid effective sentence planning and resettlement, bringing the work of prisoners and prisons to the attention of local authorities and communities in positive ways that will assist in resettlement and promote crime reduction, provide purposeful activities in which prisoners and prison staff can invest commitment and time, which in turn will provide satisfaction to those involved, and provide a framework for reducing the social exclusion of prisoners.