Some of the biggest roadblocks to using restorative and transformative justice responses in your organization are likely to be the cultural barriers you will encounter in trying to use holistic transformative processes, instead of typically punitive and shaming ones.

This is not familiar work to us. We are not used to it. It is much easier for us to see things in black-and-white, to accuse people, and to discard them as worthless once they contradict our expectations. However, the benefits of restorative and transformative responses can’t be overstated. Particularly for those of us in harm reduction, who believe faithfully in the possibility of change.