Un exemple de programme de justice restaurative: The Forgiveness Project

The Forgiveness Project has developed a prison intervention (piloted in HMP High Down) which works towards reducing the number of victims of crime through the rehabilitation of offenders.  RESTORE is a five-day programme (running across 2-3 weeks) which comes under the Restorative Justice/Victim Awareness umbrella. The course is intended to explore the role of forgiveness in the lives of prisoners and to enhance their victim awareness by looking at the consequences of their actions on others and what might be done to repair the harm.

A half-day induction session is followed, several days later, by a 3-day workshop for between 15-24 prisoners, running across three consecutive days. This in turn is followed by a half-day follow-up session a week or so later.

Our Objectives

• To develop empathy by helping prisoners understand the impact of their actions on others.
• To improve emotional awareness and self esteem – which will help prisoners engage with others in ways that are respectful and worthwhile
• To develop and enhance offenders’ communication skills through participation in a group.
• To open prisoners’ minds to an alternative way of viewing themselves and the world, one that makes a crime-free life seem appealing and achievable.
• To foster greater accountability – taking responsibility for past actions can create a more responsible future

The Forgiveness Project is an international charity which, among other activities, offers free digital media courses in British prisons. At the end of each course, the prisoners produce a short film on the subject of forgiveness. In this film, two long-term prisoners describe their feelings about causing death, for personal or political reasons.

Retrouvez ici l’ensemble des vidéos/témoignages réalisés par the forgiveness project