Topic: Restorative Justice
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Ideas We Should Steal: Youth Restorative Justice For All Students
The School District’s diversion program for low-level offenders is a national model that has kept kids in school and out of jail. Could a version of San Francisco’s Make it Right program reach even more youth?
By Aly Kerrigan![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/prison-553836_960_720-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Abolish Prisons
A lawyer and advocate calls for ending our expensive culture of incarceration—and instead spending money to help prevent many crimes in the first place
By Alex Braden![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Untitled-3-791x400.png)
The Most Woke Billionaire On Earth
Main Line entrepreneur and 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin’s eyes were opened to the criminal injustice system through his friend Meek Mill. Now he’s on the case.
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MeekMills76ers-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Why the 76ers Shouldn’t Have Celebrated Meek Mill
A former prosecutor on why we should hold the applause for the rapper recently released from prison
By Bryan Lentz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-04-at-6.09.26-PM-e1441463298968-791x400.png)
Ideas We Should Steal: Eliminating Bail for Nonviolent Crimes
A New York plan promises to save money, reduce prison overcrowding and cut down on prison violence. Could it work in Philly?
By Emma Copley Eisenberg