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AB 109, Prop 47, and Prop 57 Are Safely Reducing the Prison Population, but Durable Public Safety Requires Further Cuts in Corrections Spending: Maureen Washburn, Jan 24, 2018; Shifting California’s criminal justice priorities from punishment to prevention starts with the state budget.
New Report: The Prosecution of Youth as Adults in California: Oct 18, 2016; A new report presents 2015 trends in California’s use of “direct file,” wherein prosecutors are granted sole discretion to file charges against youth as young as 14 years old directly in adult criminal court.
Treating Young Offenders Like Adults Is Bad Parenting: Sep 9, 2016; The Atlantic interviews CJCJ's Nisha Ajmani and Mike Males, and determines that district attorneys' unfettered power to prosecute youth as adults doesn't benefit anyone — except prosecutors.