July 31, 2014
Newsroom, Correctional Institutions—CJCJ's Brian Goldstein comments on the importance of the BSCC — "arguably the most powerful corrections body in the state."
Courtney Lam, July 30, 2014
Publications, Juvenile Justice—Most people in California's jails have not had their day in court — they are detained because they are simply too poor to post bail.
Mike Males, July 29, 2014
Blog, Juvenile Justice—Huge reductions in youth incarceration, huge increases in populations of youth of color — and huge reductions in youth crime. Who knew?
July 25, 2014
Newsroom, Political Landscape—CJCJ's Mike Males on the truth about gun violence, gun control, and youth of color.
Kate McCracken, July 25, 2014
Blog, Correctional Institutions—California's Board of State and Community Corrections makes critical decisions on the future of the state's justice-involved youth — and the public is beginning to pay attention.
July 23, 2014
Newsroom, Political Landscape—The Chronicle of Social Change highlights advocacy by CJCJ and others to use state funds for local innovative programming-based juvenile justice facilities.
Lizzie Buchen, July 22, 2014
Blog, Social Justice—The story of a single working mother who faces a decade in prison for allowing her daughter to play in a park unsupervised demonstrates our foolish reliance on incarceration and punishment as a way… Continue
Mike Males, July 15, 2014
Blog, Political Landscape—Violence trends make fools of its debaters — or would, if anyone called them to account.
Kate McCracken, July 8, 2014
Blog, Political Landscape—Kate McCracken discusses the upcoming allocation of $80 million dollars in construction funding for juvenile facilities in California, and suggests the state think outside the box.
Mike Males, July 7, 2014
Blog—32,351 Americans died from gunfire in 2011. Nearly half of them were older white men shooting themselves.
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Established in 1985 as the Western Regional Office of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA), the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization promoting a balanced and humane criminal justice system through the provision of direct services, technical assistance, and policy analysis.
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