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Committee hears survivor accounts as bill would protect confidentiality of restorative practices
Summary
Senate File 2,200 would make statements made in restorative-practice settings inadmissible in court to promote confidentiality and candid dialogue. Survivors and practitioners testified in favor; the bill was laid over for further work and amendment.
Senate File 2,200, a bill to extend confidentiality protections to statements made in restorative-practice proceedings, drew extensive testimony from survivors, practitioners and county officials on March 26.
"One of the fundamental tenets of restorative practices is confidentiality," said Amanda Sealing, a longtime juvenile prosecutor from Yellow Medicine County who described her county's 25 years of experience using a practice called Circle. "During the circle process, people share…
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