Trying to Create Safety: Reflections on Restorative and Transformative Justice

Published: Jan. 23, 2022, noon

b'Despite the insistence on being the \\u201cland of the free,\\u201d the United States is the global leader in both total number of prisoners and per capita rate of imprisonment. The prophetic vision of proclaiming release to captives and letting the oppressed go free is a good opportunity to reflect on the vision and practices of the restorative and transformative justice movements. These approaches invite us to look more intentionally at the world we have, and then ask what kind of world we want to create.'