News of Interest
April 25, 2013
It is with pleasure that we announce the finalists for this year’s Media for a Just Society (MJS) Awards. The finalists include authors, journalists, photographers, directors, and producers from outlets like the New York Times, the Huffington Post, the New Yorker, National Public Radio, and others...
May 23, 2013 | by Michael Mechanic | Mother Jones
Scott Budnick may be best known for producing the three "Hangover" movies starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis. But as NCCD President Alex Busansky told Mother Jones, Budnick has spent countless hours working with incarcerated kids. His Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) advocates...
May 15, 2013 | by Sonja Eide | Laney Tower
The Laney Tower profiled Sujatha Baliga, Director of NCCD's Restorative Justice Project, and described restorative justice's power to help heal people who experience crimes, those who have committed crimes, and their communities.
To learn more about NCCD's current restorative justice projects,...
May 13, 2013 | by Teresa Wantanabe | Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Board of Education is considering a resolution to reform discipline policies in public schools, banning suspensions for willful defiance. Supporters of the resolution claim that zero-tolerance policies lead to unnecessary and harsh punishments that can threaten a student's progress...
May 8, 2013 | by The Rachel Maddow Show | MSNBC
NCCD Board of Directors member Dr. Todd Clear, Dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, appeared on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" last night to discuss the rarity of abductions in the context of the developing case in Cleveland, Ohio.
May 8, 2013 | by Barbara Anderson | The Fresno Bee
Fresno Unified School District will recommend $500,000 be put into the budget to implement a restorative justice discipline policy that the district believes will help reduce drop out rates and improve graduation rates.
May 3, 2013 | by Liz Ryan | The Crime Report
Evidence shows that young people are at the greatest risk of sexual victimization in adult jails and prisons. Last August, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), previously approved by Congress in July 2003, to address this issue. Under PREA guidelines,...
May 1, 2013 | by Tracy Velázquez | The Chronicle of Social Change
This article argues for the creation of a separate court process for young adults. The system would balance accountability for delinquent behavior committed with rehabilitation for youth who still have their futures ahead of them. Young offenders would undergo more treatment and training as...
May 1, 2013 | by Lucy Richardson | The Darlington and Stockton Times
Restorative justice may be an effective way to rehabilitate former criminals and help victims recover from an offense. This article illustrates a case wherein a convicted burglar confronted the man he robbed, prompting the offender to understand the suffering he caused and allowing his victim to...
April 30, 2013 | by Terry Mathews | mySSnews.com
In this article, Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree and winner of NCCD’s Distinguished Achievement Award in Nonfiction, talks about the origins of his monumental book and the insights he gleaned from writing about the culture of disability. “The theme in all four of my books is managing to...
