News items related to San Mateo County

Not Without Scars: The Story of Shirley LaMarr

Erica Webster, Jul 25, 2017

San Francisco author Jim Dekker tells Cameo House Director Shirley LaMarr's story of survival after addiction and poverty, and what is possible with investment in people rather than incarceration.

San Mateo County faults three reports that question need for new jail

Oct 4, 2012

San Mateo County faults three reports that question need for new jail Daily News, October 4, 2012

Occupy Redwood City to protest new San Mateo County jail

Jul 16, 2012

Occupy Redwood City to protest new San Mateo County jail PressTV, July 14, 2012

County approves jail contracts

May 9, 2012

County approves jail contracts Daily Journal, May 9, 2012

An analysis of San Mateo proposal for jail construction

Kate McCracken, May 7, 2012

A recent ACLU report found that that 24 of the 25 largest California counties plan on using realigned state funding to pay for dramatic expansions of jail beds. CJCJ's Brian Heller de Leon reviewed the report in his blog, Adult realignment and the county jail building boom . The ACLU report notes, "Counties that have chosen a path of jail expansion - as many of the Big 25 county realignment plans indicate they have - are trying to solve the wrong problem. They seek to absorb the realigned…

Jail Needs Assessment for San Mateo County: A preliminary analysis

Dec 1, 2011

Jail Needs Assessment for San Mateo County: A preliminary analysis

Login Cabin Ranch Turns a Corner

Sep 2, 2010

Quiet Crisis: Youth Violence, Race and Justice

Jul 1, 1998

This report is a preliminary portrait of some key trends in youth violence and the juvenile justice system in Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties since the mid-1980s.