A facilitator asks them to check in on how they are feeling emotionally, physically and spiritually. Some men cry as they speak to the group and others nod their heads in support. This scenario seems like a traditional men's support group, until we learn that they are all inmates at San Quentin State Prison." (An Agency for Restorative Justice, n.d.). The above situation is one way prisons are implementing restorative conferences. Restorative group conference is an umbrella term that refers to family group conference, community conference, and large group conference.