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“When you look at Noble Williams, this is what Restorative Justice looks like: a healed person healing people. The outgrowth of RJ is that people live out a restorative life and he’s a representation of someone who is living out that life. There is no undoing the harm that people have caused others, but there is moving forward with personal healing and making amends.”
—Armand Coleman, Executive Director of TPP.

How Restorative Justice Fosters Societal Restoration | Interview with Noble Williams — DocuCourse

“My story is way too common and it shouldn’t be. Before I committed my first crime, there were so many crimes committed against me first, which allowed me to justify what I did. We never ask the youth what do they need and how we could help them. We tell them what they need to do.”

Celtics players and coaches listen as group of formerly incarcerated men share their stories (msn.com)

“That office has the ability to reach different communities... and play a large role in building restorative practices within this city and state,” said Eric Anderson, one of the directors at the Transformational Prison Project, an organization of formerly incarcerated individuals who support and mentor younger returning citizens.

David Mayo appointed new director of the city’s Office of Returning Citizens - The Boston Globe

“As teens, these Bostonians were sentenced to life behind bars for murder. Now they’re out and trying to help others heal.”
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“At first, I didn’t want to go to Norfolk at all. That’s where lifers were sent to die,”

Compassionate release for aging prisoners isn't enough | Cognoscenti (wbur.org)

“Outside of TUPIT-related efforts, Guetta works with a restorative justice program in the Boston area called the Transformational Prison Project, which seeks to expand the perception of justice as something that only exists in the criminal justice system. The program facilitates spaces for people to think about harms: the harms they’ve caused, they’ve experienced and how to heal from them. According to Guetta, the program aims to create accountability as people in a community.”

Senior Profile: Claudia Guetta reflects on involvement with TUPIT - The Tufts Daily

Today, he’s taken a paid fellowship with the Transformational Prison Project, a group led by four former inmates that meet with prisoners at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk, Massachusetts, where Deal once served time. To support healing, the group allows inmates to discuss their personal trauma with fellow inmates in the group. It’s a way for those on the inside to provide mental health care for one another.

Is There Mental Health Help If You’re in Prison? (webmd.com)

“And since 2021 we have worked with the Mutual Aid Eastie, the Transformational Prison Project, the Neighborhood Trauma Team, and the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen to support bimonthly restorative justice circles promoting wellness, healing, and community connection for East Boston residents.”

Maverick Landing Community Service Among Eight Local Nonprofits To Receive COVID-19 Recovery Funds – East Boston Times-Free Press (eastietimes.com)

Anderson had a dialogue with the audience about his life—his childhood, how he ended up in prison, his process of rebuilding his life, and working with the Transformational Prison Project after getting out of prison

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