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Alaska鈥檚 domestic violence council explores restorative justice methods in court sentencing

 |  Alaska Beacon  |  , ,

Restorative justice is a form of resolution that allows victims of crimes to work with the criminal justice system to address and correct the harm caused. 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 Ingrid Johnson from the Justice Center and Rei Shimizu from the School of Social Work spoke to the Alaska Beacon about how restorative justice can be used in cases of domestic violence.

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Aging out of Alaska鈥檚 foster care system on his own terms

 |  Anchorage Daily News  |  , , ,

Mateo Jaime, a Legal Studies student, arrived at the court hearing that would, finally, end his years in custody of the Alaska Office of Children鈥檚 Services in a buoyant mood. At age 21, young adults 鈥渁ge out鈥 of foster care in Alaska if they have not been adopted or reunified with parents. A judge approves it in a hearing that amounts to a grim bureaucratic formality: A child has passed into adulthood without the foster care system laying a path to permanent legal family for them, and now they are on their own.