You will be interested and see the relevance of the program
that Kevin and I are doing in conjunction with my upcoming class. We are
consulting to DCS Commissioner Reese in creating a program of "Restorative
Justice" to address a problem that often arises when inmates are released
from prison on parole. If there are enmities that are unresolved, new
violence often breaks out when the parolee gets home. DCS has not yet been
successful in developing a program to deal with this kind of problem.The
Commissioner is interested in developing a program that will constructively
bring unresolved enmities to the surface and deal with them before
parole. Kevin and I have agreed to help with this. We will be looking at cases
from all points of view, very much including the viewpoint of the victim.
Kevin is hosting a group consisting of Courtney Kazembe, Roderick Gordon,
Rozimund Brown and LaToya Bidwell, looking at all aspects of controversy, asking questions from the vantage of justice (human rights)
for criminal defendants and victims. In this structure my role is
ancillary, as consultant, offering interaction with my students in Evidence
and Internet.