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How restorative justice could end mass incarceration

April 11, 2022

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How restorative justice could end mass incarceration | Shannon Sliva | TEDxMileHigh

https://youtu.be/wPA-p6UUDl4

What works? Restorative justice is about repairing harm. Mass incarceration is creating more harm than good. We must be brave enough to face each other. People fix problems, not laws – or the war on drugs would be won…

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People in our communities without direct experience with incarceration are often ill-informed of the negative, and catastrophic, effects on earnings and employment, physical and mental health, housing and education, and family well-being created and perpetuated by the carceral system. Through our advocacy work in local and state government, EXPO creates space, opportunity, and support for system-impacted individuals to raise their voices about the systemic and institutional harm of the incarceration. In the words of one of our organizers, EXPO’s work “shines a light of awareness and truth where others refuse to acknowledge.”