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The Treatment Court Expansion Act (TCEA): Expand and Modernize Treatment Courts in New York State
Jenni Thurston — May 6, 2025
Treatment Courts act as a way to divert people away from incarceration and toward recovery. The problem is, they all work differently resulting in different levels of success for participants.
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Restorative Practices in Buffalo: Building and Rebuilding Community
Kathryn Franco — Apr 21, 2018
Restorative practices/restorative justice (RP or RJ) is an alternative approach to our current punitive system of addressing conflict and crime. It is an age-old practice with origins in many indigenous cultures and has become increasingly popular in schools, communities and court systems in recent years. Here in Buffalo, individuals began advocating for restorative justice nearly two decades ago. Since then, many organizations, community groups, and schools have been using the practice …