Papers on Reentry & Transition Planning Process for Incarcerated People & Their Loved Ones

Here are links to papers on the reentry & transition planning Circle process:

• Huikahi Restorative Circles: Group Process for Self-Directed Reentry Planning and Family Healing, European Journal of Probation, Walker, October 2010, 2:2, p. 76-95 http://www.ejprob.ro/index.pl/huikahi_restorative_circlesgroup_process_for_self-directed_reentry_planning_and_family_healing  

• Huikahi Restorative Circles: A Public Health Approach for Reentry Planning , Walker & Greening, Federal Probation Journal, June 2010, Vol. 74:1 http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FederalCourts/PPS/Fedprob/2010-06/06_restorative_circles.html

•  Modified Restorative Circles: A Reintegration Group Planning Process That Promotes Desistance, Walker, Contemporary Justice Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, December 2009, 419-431 (can be downloaded from www.lorennwalker.com website/articles page)

•  Restorative Circles: A Reentry Planning Process for Inmates, Walker, Sakai & Brady, Federal Probation Journal, June 2006, Vol. 70, No. 1 http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FederalCourts/PPS/Fedprob/2006-06/circles.html

Reentry & Transition Planning for Incarcerated People & Their Loved Ones

This blog is dedicated to people who want to apply the reentry & transition planning process described in the book:  Reentry& Transition Planning Circles for Incarcerated People by Lorenn Walker & Rebecca Greening.

The Circle process applies basic public health learning principles and combines restorative justice with solution-focused practices. It was originally developed and piloted in Hawai'i prisons and has spread to different states and other countries are also interested in it.

John Braithwaite from Australia first gave Lorenn the idea for using restorative justice for transition planning, which she did when developing the E Makua Ana Youth Circle process used in Hawai'i for foster youth transitioning into adulthood.  Papers on how the Circle process works for foster and homeless youth are available on Lorenn's website:  www.lorennwalker.com

Please post any questions you have here about the Circle process.