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Evidence-supported Applications of Restorative Justice in Corrections
SESSION INFO
Monday, August 25, 2025
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Session Type: Workshop
Restorative Justice philosophies and practices are rooted in healing harms and meeting the specific needs of offenders, victims, and their communities. In this session, participants will learn evidence-supported correctional skills that apply restorative principles. Additionally, participants will learn about the main types of evidence-based restorative practices (victim-offender mediation, restorative conferencing, and circle processes) and how each may be used in their local settings for juveniles and for adults. Evidence supports that applying restorative justice is especially strong in achieving: - Offender accountability to themselves, their victims, and to their communities. - Victim satisfaction, reduction of trauma symptoms, and increased feelings of healing and safety. - Healthy reintegration of offenders and victims into their communities.; and - Active participation of offenders, victims, and community members in justice processes that affect them. Restorative skills developed in this session can be applied immediately within effective interventions outlined in APPA’s National Standards.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Nick Philbeck
Restorative Justice Case Manager, Community Justice & Mediation Center
Nick Philbeck is the Restorative Justice Case Manager at Community Justice and Mediation Center (CJAM), a community-based nonprofit in Monroe County (Bloomington), Indiana which has been operating restorative justice programs since 1995. He has been a restorative justice practitioner and mediator since 2004. In addition to facilitating community-based and court-connected restorative practices, Nick regularly offers trainings related to restorative justice, mediation, trauma informed care, addressing implicit bias, and conflict resolution. He assists organizations in developing restorative justice-based processes to address workplace conflicts and disciplinary concerns. He also consults with various practitioners, organizations, and communities to develop restorative practices in their local settings. Nick has been featured in The Indiana Lawyer and on NPR’s “All IN.” He has been active with Monroe County’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) alongside local community corrections professionals, and continues to be active in other local, national, and international efforts to improve justice systems and foster healthy and safe community conditions.
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