Restorative Justice: RSVP
Restorative Justice: RSVP
Violence is learned. Violence can be unlearned.
Resolve To Stop Violence.
RSVP: Value Proposition
Bring RSVP to Massachusetts by 2018
Key Metrics
Key activities we would measure include:
1. Reduction in recidivism for violent offenses
2. Reduction of violence in prisons
Unique Value Proposition
Unique Value Proposition
Why is the RSVP program unique and worth paying attention to?
Practical - for every $1 spent on RSVP, $4 is saved (Gilligan, JPH, 2005)
Evidence based - RSVP reduced recidivism by 83% and reduced in-house violence to zero over 1 yr compared with correctional units that did not participate in RSVP (Gilligan, JPH, 2005). In the year prior to implementing RSVP, there were 300 incidents of in-house violence at the San Francisco County Jail and 89 of those incidents were directed against correctional officers. Overall, there have been only two incidents of in-house violence in the seventeen years since RSVP was first implemented and zero incidents of violence involving correctional officers.
RSVP has been replicated in NY and TX; expanding in CA where it has enjoyed broad public support
Originators of RSVP willing to participate in expansion
Why is the RSVP program unique and worth paying attention to?
Practical - for every $1 spent on RSVP, $4 is saved (Gilligan, JPH, 2005)
Evidence based - RSVP reduced recidivism by 83% and reduced in-house violence to zero over 1 yr compared with correctional units that did not participate in RSVP (Gilligan, JPH, 2005). In the year prior to implementing RSVP, there were 300 incidents of in-house violence at the San Francisco County Jail and 89 of those incidents were directed against correctional officers. Overall, there have been only two incidents of in-house violence in the seventeen years since RSVP was first implemented and zero incidents of violence involving correctional officers.
RSVP has been replicated in NY and TX; expanding in CA where it has enjoyed broad public support
Originators of RSVP willing to participate in expansion
Cost Structure
Cost Structure
Startup costs for training: $100k
Pilot Site Annual Budget: $500k for personnel, training, travel, toxicology testing, contracts for drama workshop, equipment
Startup costs for training: $100k
Pilot Site Annual Budget: $500k for personnel, training, travel, toxicology testing, contracts for drama workshop, equipment
Life Time Value
Life Time Value
$4 saved for every $1 invested
Current cost of incarceration is $47K per prisoner per year (Gilligan, JPH, 2005 and Rachelle Steinberg,
Assistant Superintendant of South Bay Correctional Facility)
$4 saved for every $1 invested
Current cost of incarceration is $47K per prisoner per year (Gilligan, JPH, 2005 and Rachelle Steinberg,
Assistant Superintendant of South Bay Correctional Facility)