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City Visions: MacArthur 'Genius' sujatha baliga on the promise of restorative justice

Host Ethan Elkind sits down with sujatha baliga, director of the Restorative Justice Project at Oakland-based Impact Justice. sujatha is one of recipients of the 2019 MacArthur "genius" grants and joins us to discuss her work expanding access to survivor-centered restorative justice strategies.

How may this alternative to our punitive criminal justice system impact mass incarceration, recidivism and violence in California and beyond?

Guest:

sujatha baliga, director of the Restorative Justice Project at Oakland-based Impact Justice; 2019 MacArthur Fellow.

Resources:

A Diversion Toolkit for Communities