Restorative Justice as a Step Toward Abolition

Restorative justice focuses on:

• The process of healing for victims.
• The process of understanding the harm caused & discouraging it with education (no violence/coercion).
• Holding the criminal accountable for their actions, encouraging reparations to be made and ensuring reintegration into society.

Thus, restorative justice processes fulfill the needs of the victim, offender & community while preserving the safety & dignity of all.

We've been so indoctrinated by a society that's been using prisons as an answer for every social and political problem, that we have very little practice with imagining solutions to systemic problems without prison sentences.