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Van Ness, Daniel W (2005). Restorative Justice in Prisons. Restorative Justice Online. July 2005 Edition.

Increasingly, Corrections departments throughout the world are implementing restorative programmes in the prison context. This work raises several issues related to the appropriateness of restorative justice in prison and objectives to be met by such programmes. Daniel W. Van Ness, executive director of the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation at Prison Fellowship International presents this overview of the use of restorative justice in prison. This paper was originally presented at Symposium on Restorative Justice and Peace in Colombia, Cali,Colombia, 9-12 February 2005.

Link: www.restorativejustice.org/editions/2005/july05/rjprisons

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