Community Restorative Justice

The Facts

• Our program office is housed in the Longmont Safety and Justice center at 225 Kimbark Street.  We work in partnership with the Longmont Police Department and other criminal justice services. 
• All LCJP restorative justice processes are available in Spanish & English.
• Re-offense rates for offenders who successfully complete restorative justice processes with LCJP average 10%.
• Over 95% of participants are satisfied with LCJP's restorative justice processes.
• For more extensive data: National Research Center's Analysis of the Longmont Community Justice Partnership: 2007-2009

Who Makes up the Community in a Community Restorative Justice Process?

The Community Restorative Justice (CRJ) processes are unique because they are led by trained  volunteer Facilitators and include representation  by trained volunteer community members. The community members represent the local Longmont community voice and are responsible for identifying harms done by the offenders as well as suggesting potential contract items that can be carried out by the offender to repair these harms. The community members, as well as all of the participants shown in the graphic below,  have an equal voice in the process. This means that they are all invited to share their ideas and opinion freely and respectfully.  It also means that no agreements are final until all participants sign off on the final contract at the end of the process.   

Questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions! 

For more information on the CRJ Program, please contact :

Michelle Stapleton, CRJ Bilingual Case Coordinator
303.651.8879
michelle@lcjp.org