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Restorative Justice
Up one levelPrison 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.
- Raising Community Awareness about Restorative Justice
- Recently, Uvenama Rova of PF Papua New Guinea gave a presentation on restorative justice to a Women’s Fellowship Workshop of the United Church of Papua New Guinea.
- Helping Prisoners and Communities Reconcile
- In late 2007, PF Papua New Guinea (PFPNG) worked with the government’s Community Justice Liaison Unit (CJLU) to organise and support prisoners from Bomana prison through a reconciliation event in their home village.
- Prison as a Place of Restoration
- PF New Zealand has developed a programme bringing victims face-to-face with their offenders. Generally taking place in the prison setting, these safely-structured and facilitated meetings provide victims with the opportunity to tell their story and ask questions of their offenders. Offenders chance to learn how their crime truly impacted the victim and to express remorse for their behaviour. The following story illustrates the potential of victim-offender encounters to create a space for healing.
- No Future without Forgiveness: The practice of Victim-Offender Reconciliation in NZ
- In my presentation today I will speak about PFNZ’s work in prisons that focus on programmes and processes that address restorative justice values and principles.