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Delaware Center for Justice

On June 10, 1920, several hundred Delawareans met at the old Wilmington High School on Delaware Avenue to enact a bold reform agenda for corrections in the First State: the creation of a detention home for untried prisoners, a separate women’s prison, a satisfactory probation and parole system, and the abolition of the whipping post. The Civil War and slavery were still living memories for some of them, just as lynching and Jim Crow were contemporary realities. As the struggle for civil rights evolved and intensified over the next hundred years, so did the mission and scope of the Prisoners’ Aid Society they founded.

Today’s Delaware Center for Justice carries on the tradition of strong, non-partisan policy advocacy that’s been in our DNA for over a century, most recently resulting in the historic passage of 11 legal system reform bills in the first half of the 150th Delaware legislature. We’re about to launch our boldest agenda yet. DCJ believes it is our individual and collective responsibility to co-create a community that values equity, transparency, safety, and healing. Compelled by the stories of those impacted by structural injustice, DCJ is re-committing to a vision of justice for all Delawareans like we’ve never known before.

100 W 10th St
Suite 905
Wilmington, DE 19801

Winter 2025 ONE WEEK (January 6-10)

The student would engage with our Restorative Services Department which operates four diversion programs for youth and adults facing criminal charges and one preventative program in two middle schools. The student will get firsthand experience in contacting those who have been harmed (victims) and those who have caused harm (defendants) that have been referred to DCJ. In addition, they will get to observe restorative justice practices utilized within the legal system. Our Restorative Services Director has over 25 years of experience in restorative and transformative justice around the globe, the student would be able to work directly with our restorative services director.

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