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Restorative-justice nonprofit tells council its programs save taxpayers about $400,000 a year
Summary
A representative of the CACJ described five programs — pretrial supervision, youth aid panel, youth counseling pilot, mediation and community conferencing — and said the programs aim to rehabilitate offenders while saving taxpayers roughly $400,000 annually.
A representative of the CACJ, a local nonprofit focused on restorative justice, told the meeting that the organization runs five programs and that those programs reduce costs for taxpayers by more than $400,000 annually.
The speaker described restorative justice as “justice with the goal to heal rather than punish” and listed CACJ’s programs as "pretrial supervision, youth aid panel, the youth counseling pilot program, mediation, and community conferencing." The representative said the programs "empower individuals and all" and framed the work as saving taxpayers money. Staff also noted that the mayor submitted comments that have been posted to the project website and that a letter from the borough water authority related to infrastructure had been posted and that council would receive it.
