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Youth Filed Fewer Complaints Amid the Pandemic. Is DJJ's Grievance Process Broken?: Maureen Washburn, Mar 23, 2021; The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed troubling flaws in the grievance process for youth confined in California’s state-run juvenile justice facilities.
CA Legislators Call for Youth Releases Amid COVID-19 Outbreak at DJJ: Maureen Washburn, Dec 31, 2020; CJCJ stands behind more than a dozen state legislators in urging Governor Newsom to take swift action on the COVID-19 crisis at the state’s youth correctional system, the Division of Juvenile Justice.
Report Update: COVID-19 Cases Surging in CA Youth Prisons: Maureen Washburn & Renee Menart, Dec 15, 2020; COVID-19 cases inside the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) increased sevenfold in July. Now, another dangerous outbreak is putting youth at risk.