Our Work

CVCJ provides a restorative justice (RJ) process as a diversion from criminal prosecution or in situations outside of the legal system. The RJ process creates space for people to make amends directly to the people they have harmed. The process encourages accountability, supports healing, and builds relationships.

Anyone can reach out to CVCJ to ask about RJ – whether you are a person who has been harmed, a person responsible for harm, a family or friend, a prosecuting or defense attorney, a victim advocate, or from a school or other organization.

Central Virginia Community Justice explicitly names and aims to counter mass incarceration and racial disproportionality through the use of restorative justice. The program seeks to serve participants from all populations, particularly those who are often not well served by the criminal legal process.