Tag Archives: incarceration
Building a World Beyond Incarceration for Bay Area Youth
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice
Alex Diaz, 26, first encountered the youth organizing and community building nonprofit Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ, pronounced […more…]
A Second Chance for Formerly Incarcerated Battered Women
Five Keys Home Free
As a kid, Nilda Palacios was sexually abused at home and at school. She tried to escape into a relationship, […more…]
CURYJ’s Young People Are Leading the Movement to Reimagine Public Safety
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice
CURYJ youth are organizing for a future free from policing and incarceration. Xochtil Larios, our Youth Justice Program Associate and […more…]
Transforming the Lives of Formerly Incarcerated Youth through Healing and Justice
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice
Unbroken. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Those three words, says George Galvis, succinctly describe the character of the Bay Area youth leadership and […more…]
Giving Female Intimate-Abuse Survivors a Second Chance
Five Keys Home Free
Rosemary “Rosie” Dyer spent 34 years behind bars for fatally shooting an abusive husband who’d dug a pit in which […more…]