Topic: Restorative Justice
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
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
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
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
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