The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association are co-hosting an unprecedented series of policy discussions in Sacramento with some of the state’s leading correctional experts to help forge a consensus on future corrections policy.  With the continued deterioration of conditions in the state’s prisons, a new urgency has emerged

Last month, CJCJ released a detailed study documenting the feasibility, benefits, and cost savings of closing California’s juvenile prison system and transferring its dwindling roster of inmates to county detention facilities.

Two statements-and some huge omissions-sum up the obsolete thinking that plagues development of a 21st century crime policy for San Francisco, an issue receiving more attention after new police reports show homicides have increased.

Welcome to the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice's newly developed Policy Center.  This page will predominantly serve as a posting board for updates and current news in the fields of juvenile and criminal justice.  Postings will be made by experts in the field, to include our various Directors and Senior Research Fellows.  This