Justice Nest
JN is a non-profit protecting and restoring families in contact with justice system through restorative and holistic justice.
Justice Nest is a newly registered start up (MARCH 2024). The founder is an experienced Kenyan advocate who has worked in the non-profit for over 17 years focusing on child rights, women's right, human rights and access to Justice. While working in the system, she witnessed the effect of the justice system on families and has decided to step in to prevent further family disintegration by the justice system.
Justice Nest is a family-centered, holistic justice non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring families in contact with the justice system, with a particular focus on mothers and children. Our mission is to advocate for restorative and holistic justice, ensuring that vulnerable populations receive the support and resources they need to thrive. We envision a society where the justice system prioritizes the well-being of families, actively interrupting the cycle of family disintegration and preventing the pipeline to prison.
At Justice Nest, we recognize the complexity of the justice system and its role in perpetuating family disintegration and poverty. Our programs aim to address the root causes that lead women and children into conflict with the law, such as poverty, trauma, and lack of familial support. By working closely with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the judiciary, we advocate for alternatives to prosecution and provide pathways for rehabilitation and reintegration.
Our initiatives include family strengthening and restoration, ensuring no child is left without support due to their mother’s imprisonment. We offer legal aid, counseling, life skills training, economic empowerment, and drug abuse rehabilitation. Additionally, our child protection and juvenile justice programs provide legal aid, rehabilitation, and psychosocial support to children in the justice system.
Justice Nest also focuses on access to justice and restorative justice, offering family mediation, legal services for family matters, and support for gender-based violence survivors. Our target groups include mothers in conflict with the law, GBV survivors, children in conflict with the law, and widows and their children.
Through our dedicated efforts, Justice Nest strives to create an environment where women and children can break free from the cycle of poverty and incarceration, fostering family strengthening and equitable justice for all.
Kenya