Lanark County Community Justice serves all of Lanark County from offices in Perth.
It’s a small organization focusing on a model similar to what’s used in Indigenous Healing Circles, wherein all of those affected by an incident are gathered to discuss their perspectives of an occurrence and an appropriate punishment or lesson to be drawn as the outcome.
Samantha Snyder, the organization’s spokesperson, frames the group’s mandate.
She describes Restorative Justice in operation.
Particularly benefitting from the concept are those who level of psychological balance may have prompted the errant behaviour.
LCCJ is always doing fundraising to facilitate its mission, and a concert starring Doug Barr is coming up at the Oakfield Rugby Park on Friday, May 15th from 7-9PM. Tickets are $30, and are available at https://lccjp.ticketsplease.ca/events/doug-barr/
By Rick Stow
