Since 2014, Prop 47 has generated nearly $1 billion in prison saving, providing a critical funding stream for programs that are reducing homelessness, unemployment, and recidivism across California.
Report Aug 21, 2024
Stop Lying About Drugs in California
California is weathering the nationwide drug overdose crisis better than most states. Our latest report considers how state reforms may have helped lessen the harm.
Report Jul 31, 2024
Stop Lying About Crime in California
Both right- and left-wing sources are peddling a false narrative that California is awash in crime. This report uses the latest crime data to challenge these deceptions.
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Fighting For Justice
CJCJ’s direct services for formerly incarcerated adults and youth facing various points of entry with the criminal and juvenile justice system.
Histories of juvenile and criminal justice reform in California and the nation from CJCJ, as well as education resources.
CJCJ’s policy research, technical assistance, leadership development, and advocacy efforts.
“I had to find a program where I could have my baby. I needed to learn how to live, not how to program… At Cameo House I’m learning how to live.”
Cameo House participant with her son
Cameo House
We invest in the leadership development of formerly incarcerated and system impacted emerging leaders in justice reform throughout California
Next Generation Fellowship cohort photo
Next Generation Fellowship
CJCJ provides oversight and reporting on juvenile correctional facilities, as well as advocacy and leadership in this area.
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Report Jun 28, 2023
Beyond Repair: Envisioning a Humane Future After 132 Years of Brutality in California’s Youth Prisons
Report by CJCJ follows the 132-year history of California’s Division of Juvenile Justice
Report Jun 2, 2022
San Francisco’s crime rates fall while Sacramento’s “tough-on-crime” DA presides over rising violence
San Francisco has seen major decreases in crime amid progressive reforms, while nearby Sacramento is seeing a homicide and violence surge.
Prop 47 has reinvested over half a billion dollars from expensive, overcrowded prisons into low-cost, high-impact prevention programs.