New American Media, March 24, 2011 by Cassidy Friedman
http://newamericamedia.org/2011/03/restorative-justice-takes-on-west-oakland-schools.php

“We found that suspensions after restorative justice was implemented declined by 87% and reported expulsions dropped to zero…. By addressing root causes, by opening the lines of communication, you can reduce disruption. You can focus on being a community. You can focus on learning.”

California Watch, October 27, 2010 by Kendall Taggart
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/how-do-prisons-treat-their-pregnant-inmates-6168

Barry Krisberg, a fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice and former president of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, said about this new report: “What these people did is look at what’s going on at the state level, and really the unfinished story is at the county level.”

Michael Sumner, research manager at UC Berkeley’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, said California generally does family-based treatment programs well. The only issue, he said, is that there aren’t enough. “I think the number of spots they have is 100, 140 tops. If you look at the entire pool of incarcerated mothers, it’s a very small percentage” who are able to participate, he said.

Oversight Daily, September 22, 2010 by Michael Sumner
http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5099&Itemid=28

Our research supports the idea that equal opportunity programs enable small businesses owned and operated by people of color and women of all races and ethnicities to more freely compete, and that ending these programs hinders the success of minority- and women-owned businesses.