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California to Decide on $500 Million Jail Construction: Brian Goldstein, Dec 10, 2013; On December 4-5, 2013, representatives from 36 counties came to Sacramento and made their case to receive jail construction funding available through Assembly Bill (AB) 1022. With this legislation, California will allocate $500 million in revenue lease bonds for counties to construct adult criminal justice facilities.
Pre-booking Diversion To Help Address Health Needs: Caitlin Chapelle, Oct 10, 2013; How do you divert justice-involved individuals into specialized programs that address the root causes of their criminal activity?
Racial disparities in arrest practices merit closer attention: Selena Teji, Jun 11, 2013; Nationally, African Americans are 4 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana use than their white counterparts, despite using the drug at approximately the same rate, according to a new report.
Boston Bombings: Randall Shelden, Apr 23, 2013; It has now been more than a week since the dramatic event that came at the end of the annual Boston Marathon. What concerns me the most is the media coverage and what many would call an overreaction by law enforcement.
Radio Smart Talk: School Safety: Mar 26, 2013; What Sandy Hook [-] did was shine a spotlight on school safety.
Merced sheriff unveils vision for AB 109 locally with new Trident Center: Feb 28, 2013; Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin on Thursday unveiled a new one-stop shop to provide various services to county jail inmates released under the guidelines established by Assembly Bill 109, the state's prison realignment law.
Police hiring boom hits Bay Area departments: Feb 20, 2013; After years of cutbacks, layoffs -- and now climbing crime rates -- police departments throughout the Bay Area have begun taking on new recruits again.
Overall crime down in Merced County's unincorporated areas: Feb 19, 2013; Overall crime in the county's unincorporated areas went down more than 5 percent in 2012, according to data released by the Merced County Sheriff's Department this month.
SFPD and Police Commission tackle racially disparate arrest trends: Selena Teji, Jan 29, 2013; On January 23, 2013, the San Francisco Police Commission held a public hearing to discuss the city’s arrest data. The result was a refreshing openness to examining the city’s arrest trends for racial disparities and a willingness to work with independent researchers in the community.
A look at Bill Bratton's crime rate track record: Jan 28, 2013; With the City of Oakland now bringing in a big name lawman to help fight crime -- we have a look at his track record.
Merced Police Department takes steps to deal with spike in crime: Jan 25, 2013; Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin acknowledges more inmates are released early in the wake of AB-109, but he points to a new report from the center on juvenile and criminal justice. It says FBI statistics show realigning offenders is not connected with increases in crime.
Police Commission Hearing, Jan. 23, 2013: Jan 23, 2013; CJCJ's testimony to the San Francisco Police Commission regarding the city's 40-year history of increasingly racially disparate arrest practices.
Federal takeover of Oakland police offers opportunities in new year: Mike Males, Jan 3, 2013; By Mike Males & Anthony Bernier Oakland, California's, troubled police department is the first ever to be taken over completely by a federal judge and his appointed director. Oakland's newest police chief, Howard Jordan, the fifth in a recent succession, has proven unable to reform a department plagued by systematic police brutality and racial profiling and, despite exorbitant budgets, chronic understaffing, abysmal crime-solving rates, and a severely backlogged laboratory. U.S. District…
Prison 'Realignment' Program Stalling Out?: Dec 14, 2012; Prison 'Realignment' Program Stalling Out? The California Report, December 14, 2012
Monterey County youth arrests down, but incarceration up: Nov 16, 2012; Monterey County youth arrests down, but incarceration up Monterey Herald, November 15, 2012
Council Turns Against Curfews: Oct 11, 2012; Council Turns Against Curfews Jackson Free Press, October 11, 2012
Report: Monitor's findings shed poor light on Oakland's police department: Oct 4, 2012; Report: Monitor's findings shed poor light on Oakland's police department Oakland Tribune, October 3, 2012
SFPD Recorded Nearly All Asian Arrestees as 'Chinese': Sep 27, 2012; SFPD Recorded Nearly All Asian Arrestees as 'Chinese' KQED News, September 26, 2012
San Francisco data collection needs upgrade: Selena Teji, Aug 14, 2012; An article in the Bay Citizen today sheds much needed light on the importance and lack of accurate data collection in San Francisco. In particular, the article notes the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) underreports the arrests of Latino and Asian residents (the city's two largest minority groups) by misclassifying them at "white" or "other." These inaccuracies have significant repercussions that effect not only law enforcement, but policymakers, and local residents. For example in…
Undue Influence: the power of Police and Prison Guards' Unions: Aug 13, 2012; Undue Influence: the power of Police and Prison Guards' Unions National Radio Project, August 7, 2012
Oakland police chief pushing for youth curfew: Aug 9, 2012; Oakland police chief pushing for youth curfew ABC7 News, August 3, 2012
Lilburn latest city to add curfew for juveniles: Jul 23, 2012; Lilburn latest city to add curfew for juveniles Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 22, 2012
Bringing stop-and-frisk to SF?: Jul 13, 2012; Bringing stop-and-frisk to SF? socialistworker.org, July 11, 2012
San Francisco's war on drugs, "Stop chasing my children": Selena Teji, Apr 17, 2012; The Human Rights Commission hearing on the Human Rights Impact of the War on Drugs last week provided a broad spectrum of perspectives and information on how San Franciscans are affected by drug law enforcement. The hearing commenced with testimony from Alice Huffman, President of the California NAACP, who underlined the racially targeted history of the drug war, beginning in 1914 and including the 1920's failed prohibition of alcohol. Following, Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal…
The Human Rights Impact of the War on Drugs: Apr 14, 2012; The Human Rights Impact of the War on Drugs sfgovtv.com, April 12, 2012