A/N: Very AU. Trying a stab at something different.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the HP Characters
Prologue
The Behavioral Rehabilitation Program (BRP) was set in place ten years ago by the Ministry of Magic. The program was designed as part of the improvements made to Azkaban under the supervision of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
After a long and strenuous meeting of concern with the Muggle Prime Minister and their own Minister for Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Muggle judicial systems, parole and rehabilitation programs were considered. Although the program had taken a long time to plan and set into motion, they were able to rehabilitate over twenty prisoners in the past ten years of the program. Luna had been one of the many witches and wizards working alongside the DMLE, the BRP departments and St. Mungo's. She had acquired a degree in what muggles call 'Psychology', as well as the wizarding equivalent offered through St. Mungo's and was able to provide the teams a lot of insight. She fought for a big push on shortening the sentences for some of the prisoners based on good behavior and the participants being compliant with the program. Her first win with this, was when Lucius Malfoy showed great remorse in his behavior.
As a small part of the program, he had to write a letter to all he felt he had affected. There he was for two weeks straight writing to everyone he felt he had had a negative impact upon. He did not beg for forgiveness however he felt great remorse and voiced as much to the new St. Mungo's behavioral and trauma counsellors. Not once did he ask for a shorter sentence, not once did he complain. He complied and did the work required of him.
His moment, came when, as part of the final steps of the program, those participating had to billet with a muggle family. They did a debrief counselling meeting and Luna was present. She had never seen Lucius Malfoy as anything but composed. And for the first time ever, she had seen him completely unglued. The family they had placed him in had been the cousins of Dean Thomas.
He had discussed with them their family dynamic. His eyes lit up when he discussed the parallels between their child and Draco. He talked about the respect he had for Mikhail Thomas, a hard working laborer and for Lyla Thomas, a hard working teacher.
He spoke of the moment he realized the monster he had become, the monster he realized he was and how he didn't know if he could ever forgive himself. Lyla had come home cradling their youngest child. She looked a mess, her youngest was bleeding and she collapsed crying. She explained to Lucius that some of their neighbours that had been on the tube saw her and her mixed race child and had viciously attacked them because she was white and Mikhail was black. She explained racism to him. He had never heard this word before. And as she began to explain what happened and what that meant in muggle society, he was at a complete loss. He had held Mrs. Thomas until Mikhail came home.
He had cried, yelled and fell back into the chairs in the counselling room. He explained how he realized when he attacked Miss Weasley and Miss Granger indirectly he was no better than those men who attacked Lyla and Mikhail's child.
"How could they attack an innocent little girl who had done nothing wrong, except look different than her mother. And we were attacking muggleborns when they looked nothing different to the purebloods in our world. There is no physical difference, no visible difference. Miss Lovegood, what have we done? What have I done? And to children? The lives we took and for what? To meet what end?"
And that, that was what Luna called success. What she called a breakthrough. Luna petitioned and received signatures, including those of the 'Golden Trio', upon showing them her memories. She brought her petition to the Wizengamot and the motion was passed that all qualifying prisoners could enter the Behavioral Rehabilitation Program, could have a reduced sentence with parole (which would be strictly monitored and supervised). Hermione Granger was currently working with the DMLE and overseeing the rights of previously convicted to transition them back into Wizarding society. Harry Potter, who was working to become head of the DMLE, was a great help to the program.
George Weasley offered positions in his now, two, locations of Weasleys Wizard Wheezes for the rehabilitated offenders.
With the fast growing departments and new job opportunities, the departments have created new internship programs for recent graduated Hogwarts students.