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  • TV Crew captures crime victims in prison encounter
    Stories

    TV Crew captures crime victims in prison encounter

    TV Cameras were permitted in a high security prison to film the Sycamore Tree Project in Queensland, for the first time.

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  • I wanted revenge but found compassion
    Stories

    I wanted revenge but found compassion

    Our guest writer is school restorative justice practitioner Michelle Jackson, who has been a victim participant on three occasions in the Sycamore Tree

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  • Today I look in the mirror and I see an offender that wants to change
    Stories

    Today I look in the mirror and I see an offender that wants to change

    A prisoner gave this speech at the concluding session of the program in a correctional facility in Western Australia. Firstly, I

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  • Justice that can see what the court ignores
    Sycamore Insight

    Justice that can see what the court ignores

    “Restorative justice recognises all the people harmed by the crime. It affects the victim. It affects the victim’s family. It

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  • How far would you go to stop another crime?
    Stories

    How far would you go to stop another crime?

    What motivates a crime victim to walk into a maximum security prison to confront serious offenders about the consequences of

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TV Crew captures crime victims in prison encounter
Stories

TV Crew captures crime victims in prison encounter

TV Cameras were permitted in a high security prison to film the Sycamore Tree Project in Queensland, for the first time.

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Video: Inside the Sycamore Tree Project
Stories

Video: Inside the Sycamore Tree Project

In June 2014, six crime survivors talked exclusively about their experiences inside the breakthrough restorative justice program called The Sycamore

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A judge and a politician visit the Sycamore Tree Project
Stories

A judge and a politician visit the Sycamore Tree Project

The final session of the Sycamore Tree program is open to public figures who can visit the prison to join the

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My gratitude is to never offend again.
Stories

My gratitude is to never offend again.

A Western Australian prison inmate describes his experiences in the Sycamore Tree Project I was apprehensive at first about joining

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Sycamore Tree Project is ‘tougher on crime’
Stories

Sycamore Tree Project is ‘tougher on crime’

Our guest writer is restorative justice practitioner Melissa, whose life was turned upside down as a result of a bank robbery in April

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Learning respect for a victim’s pain – a powerful speech to prisoners and criminal justice officials
Stories

Learning respect for a victim’s pain – a powerful speech to prisoners and criminal justice officials

A Brisbane mother of three gave this powerful speech after completing the 8-week Sycamore Tree program. Belinda Cairns (pictured at

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Shafts of Light: A book of Sycamore stories
Stories

Shafts of Light: A book of Sycamore stories

A collection of stories and quotations from participants in the Sycamore Tree Project in Western Australia. They are compiled in

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Helen and Fiona tell their story
Stories

Helen and Fiona tell their story

Listen to an interview of two victim participants in the Sycamore Tree Project in Western Australia. Fiona was randomly and

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I wanted revenge but found compassion
Stories

I wanted revenge but found compassion

Our guest writer is school restorative justice practitioner Michelle Jackson, who has been a victim participant on three occasions in the Sycamore Tree

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Sycamore Tree Project in Western Australia – Video
Sycamore Insight

Sycamore Tree Project in Western Australia – Video

Successfully used in over 20 countries Sycamore Tree Project (STP) bring victims and unconnected offenders together for eight 2 hour

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Today I look in the mirror and I see an offender that wants to change
Stories

Today I look in the mirror and I see an offender that wants to change

A prisoner gave this speech at the concluding session of the program in a correctional facility in Western Australia. Firstly, I

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Understanding the ripple effect of social damage
Sycamore Insight

Understanding the ripple effect of social damage

How can we understand the big picture of crime when our system is so tightly focussed on the perpetrator? It

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Crime victim finds a voice – in prison
Stories

Crime victim finds a voice – in prison

In the second row of the mini-bus, Lyn Smith, in her early forties, will soon tell six prisoners about the

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Justice that can see what the court ignores
Sycamore Insight

Justice that can see what the court ignores

“Restorative justice recognises all the people harmed by the crime. It affects the victim. It affects the victim’s family. It

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Listening to these people has made me stop and think
Stories

Listening to these people has made me stop and think

An inmate speaks at the conclusion of the Sycamore Tree Project, to a group of VIPs including a judge and prison

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