What is ‘community conferencing?’ And how does it work in Charles and Prince George’s Co.

People who work in the field of restorative justice say two things have to happen to make the practice work: all parties have to agree to the process, and once a resolution is decided upon, all parties have to agree to that as well. As the Montgomery County Council examines “community conferencing” as a way to deal with some juvenile offenses, WTOP reached out to two facilitators in two different Maryland counties to ask about the process.