Reparative Program

Reparative Panels

Reparative Panels are a form of community-sponsored probation that brings convicted offenders before a volunteer board of citizens as part of their sentencing process.

The panel works with offenders and their victims by exploring the following:

Who has been harmed?
What are their needs?
What needs to happen in order to repair the harm or begin to make things right?
What does the offender need to learn in order to avoid re-offending?

Offenders will form a contract with the panel that has him/her addressing the above questions. That contract must be completed within 90 days.

Victims are contacted by the BCJC and are invited to be a part of the process either through direct participation or by some other means that meets the victim's needs.

Reparative Panels meet monthly here at the Justice Center:

First Monday of the month from 12:00-2:00
First Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of the month from 6:30-8:30
Second Friday of the month from 3:00-5:00

If you'd like to learn more about Reparative Panels, please email Kelly O'Ryan at reppanel@brattleborocjc.org or call (802) 251-8143. She would love to talk with you about opportunities to participate in the Program. You can also check the "Events" page to learn about upcoming training opportunities.

Brattleboro Community Justice Center

230 Main St., Ste. 302

Brattleboro, VT 05301

Phone: 802-257-2611

Hours:

9 a.m. - 5 p.m., M-F

Quote of the Month

“Of course I am obligated, by compassion and a common humanity, to help others. But this does not mean I should do for them what they ought to do for themselves. I have no right to deprive anyone else of the challenge to meet his own responsibility.”

- Al-anon literature