Justice Reform in Europe
In Europe, PF national organisations have adopted diverse strategies in working for justice reform. These include advocating for restorative justice, raising awareness about the needs of the poor and minorities and implementing in-prison restorative justice programmes.
Restorative
Justice
Prison Fellowship national organisations see the restorative justice
paradigm as a way of improving the justice systems in their countries
by serving victims, offenders and the community.
Advocating
for Reform
Justice reform does not happen in a vacuum and many partners are needed
in the work. For this reason, PF national organisations in Europe
sponsor justice reform seminars and training sessions on a variety of
topics including restorative justice, human rights and best practices
in prison. They are also working with their governments through various
justice reform mechanisms.
Legal
Assistance
PF national organisations are serving poor prisoners who cannot afford
a lawyer or the payment of their fines through the provision of legal
and other assistance.
Communities of Restoration
PF national organisations are working with their governments to develop
holistic in-prison programming that includes religious education, life
skills training, and vocational training.
Sycamore Tree Project®
Recognizing the needs of crime victims for healing and the need of
offenders to take responsibility for their behaviour PF national
organisationsare implementing the Sycamore Tree Project®. This
in-prison restorative justice project brings together unrelated victims
and offenders to discuss the impact of crime.
All stories from Europe
View a listing of all the justice reform news from PF national
organisations in Europe.
Country listing
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England and Wales |
Georgia |
Germany |
Latvia |
Lithuania |
Netherlands |
Northern Ireland |
Norway |
Poland |
Portugal |
Romania