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Failure After Farrell: Violence and Inadequate Mental Health Care in California's Division of Juvenile Justice: Aug 11, 2016; CJCJ's new report finds, in California's state youth corrections system, violence has increased, gang culture is pervasive, and mental health treatment is at times nonexistent.
Young Adult Prisons Are Not the Answer: Maureen Washburn, Apr 26, 2016; A proposal by the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation defies best practices and fails to heed the lessons of history.
California Reforms Creating County-Based Systems for 21st Century: Daniel Macallair, Mar 16, 2016; CJCJ Executive Director Daniel Macallair writes an op-ed in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) on how California's plummeting youth crime rates creates an opportunity for more substantive reform
Farrell’s End Gives True Juvenile Justice Reform a Chance: Nisha Ajmani, Mar 2, 2016; After the 2002 lawsuit against DJJ was dismissed on February 25, 2016, CJCJ urges youth California to avoid repeating mistakes of the past.
February News from CJCJ!: Feb 29, 2016; Sierra Health Foundation's Speaker Series features Daniel Macallair; New CJCJ collaborative offers reentry services after federal prison; and Daily Journal interviews Daniel Macallair about the future of DJJ.
CJCJ in the news: Others States Can Learn from Changes to Juvenile Justice in California: Daniel Macallair, Feb 10, 2016; Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) publishes an op-ed by CJCJ executive director, Daniel Macallair, on the success of California systemic changes to its juvenile justice system.
CJCJ in the news: Department of Juvenile Justice: Empower or end?: Feb 9, 2016; The Daily Journal's L.J. Williamson tackles the question of closing California's state youth correctional facilities, and quotes CJCJ's Daniel Macallair on why local facilities are the superior option.
2016-17 budget continues California's dependency on incarceration: Jan 11, 2016; $250 million for adult facility construction funding and increased funding to DJJ, but only $29.3 million in Prop. 47 savings?
KQED Forum Interviews Daniel Macallair: Jan 11, 2016; KQED Forum's Michael Montgomery talks with CJCJ executive director, Daniel Macallair, about his new book, the history of youth corrections in California, and the lessons to be learned from the past.
Update to CJCJ's Farrell Litigation Timeline: Erica Webster, Jan 4, 2016; CJCJ has updated it's Farrell Litigation Timeline to include relevant events from 2013 - 2015.
End Mass Incarceration. Stop Prosecuting Youth as Adults.: Nisha Ajmani, Dec 17, 2015; Youth tried as adults generally experience worse outcomes and higher rates of incarceration than their juvenile court counterparts.By ending the transfer of young people to adult court and harnessing the strengths of the juvenile justice system, we can improve the lives of at-risk youth, their families, and our communities.
CJCJ’s Sentencing Service Program keeps youth in juvenile court: Erica Webster, Aug 20, 2015; When a prosecutor wants to try a youth as an adult, defense attorneys reach out to Nisha Ajmani, program manager for CJCJ’s Sentencing Service Program (SSP), to keep that youth in the juvenile justice system.
Brown’s budget misses opportunity to shrink prison system: Lizzie Buchen, Jan 29, 2015; Despite the lowest crime rate in decades, and recent and potential reductions in the prison population, Brown continues to up prison spending and expand capacity.
New data reveal persistent disparities in charging youth as adults: Lizzie Buchen, Sep 23, 2014; A long-overdue report lays bare the egregious racial disparities that pervade the juvenile justice system, and falls short of providing crucial data on youth transferred to adult court.