05 Aug
Posted by: Lorenn in: APAC Prisons, Inspiration, Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, drug rehabilitation, prisons
On July 5 & 6, 2010, I visited two APAC prisons (Associacao de Protecao e Assistencia aos Condenados in English translated as: Association for Protection and Assistance of Convicts) in the city of Itauna, state of Minas Gerias, Brazil. The original APAC prison, which was in San Paulo, Brazil was reportedly the [...]
07 May
Posted by: Lorenn in: Problem-solving Courts, Restorative Justice, courts, drug rehabilitation, federal legislation, news
On Tuesday May 11, 2010 4:00 p.m. two measures will be heard by the U. S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security: H.R. 4080, the Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009; and H.R. 4055, the Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) Initiative Act of 2009.
Reinvesting in crime and the HOPE [...]
13 Sep
Posted by: Lorenn in: Restorative Justice, San Patrignano, drug rehabilitation
On September 11, 2008 I spent six hours touring and learning about the San Patrignano drug rehabilitation community located in Rimini, Itlay. I spent the week before in Lausanne, Switzerland providing training on conflict management for women from over 50 different countries who primarily work for their country’s Olympic Committees. My friend Marina Canatacuzino, a [...]