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From the Ted Talk by Deanna Van Buren: What a world without prisons could look like

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And then I heard about restorative justice. I felt at _____ again, because here was an alternative system that says when a _____ is committed, it is a breach of ____________, that the needs of those who have been harmed must be addressed first; that those who have committed the offense have an obligation to make amends. And what they are are really intense dialogues, where all ____________ come together to find a way to repair the breach. Early data _____ that restorative justice builds empathy; that it reduces violent reoffending by up to 75 percent; that it eases PTSD in survivors of the most severe violence. And because of these reasons, we see prosecutors and judges and ________ attorneys starting to divert cases out of court and into restorative _______ so that some people never touch the system altogether. And so I thought, "Well, damn — why aren't we _________ for this system?"

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Original Text

And then I heard about restorative justice. I felt at peace again, because here was an alternative system that says when a crime is committed, it is a breach of relationship, that the needs of those who have been harmed must be addressed first; that those who have committed the offense have an obligation to make amends. And what they are are really intense dialogues, where all stakeholders come together to find a way to repair the breach. Early data shows that restorative justice builds empathy; that it reduces violent reoffending by up to 75 percent; that it eases PTSD in survivors of the most severe violence. And because of these reasons, we see prosecutors and judges and district attorneys starting to divert cases out of court and into restorative justice so that some people never touch the system altogether. And so I thought, "Well, damn — why aren't we designing for this system?"

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