Justice-System Programs

We believe dignity matters because shame and humiliation escalate conflict, while respectful accountability makes de-escalation and repair possible.

Harm to Healing Collaborative advances restorative responses to harm that require real accountability and repair by working alongside the justice system and offering alternatives that reduce the unintended harms of punishment-only approaches.

By creating space for truth-telling, deeper insight into impact, hands-on learning, and concrete repair, our work strengthens safer reintegration and stronger reentry outcomes over time. Our core site is San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQRC), an influential test case for California’s shift toward greater rehabilitation, and we bring what we learn there into partnerships with DAs, corrections leaders, and community-based providers statewide.

Restorative Court Diversion

We partner with District Attorneys to provide the support needed to deliver victim-centered restorative diversion with accountability, repair, reduced harm, and stronger outcomes.

Reintegration Bridge Support

We support graduates of our in-custody programs as they return home. We help graduates and families apply restorative tools in real life, navigate stress and system barriers, and access pathways to training and work — including opportunities for trained mediators.

Restorative Freedom

We provide a structured, online reentry curriculum and coaching support — co-created with formerly incarcerated leaders — that fills a major gap in reentry services by building communication, emotional skills, healthy relationships, and reintegration capacity.

Transformative Mediation

We train and mentor incarcerated mediators to provide structured mediation and restorative conflict resolution at SQRC — modeling de-escalation and accountability while helping reduce violence and strengthen safety and dignity for residents and staff.

Family Reunification

We strengthen reunification through restorative family dialogue and shared communication curriculum — helping people preparing to return home and their family members rebuild trust, practice accountability, set realistic expectations, and reduce conflict.

Rule Violation Diversion

In a first-of-its-kind pilot, we support restorative alternatives to punitive responses for a variety of rule violations — strengthening safety, repair, and reintegration while reducing the divide between staff and residents.