CJCJ supports the All Youth Are Sacred Fellowship with their second cohort as they head to the Capitol in Sacramento.
Newsletter Jul 17, 2025
CJCJ Youth Spotlight: Lalime X, DDAP
Join us as we lift up Lalime X, a young person who worked with our Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP).
Just-released crime data show a 7% drop in total crime and the lowest property crime rate on record in the last year before Prop 36 took effect.
Our Work
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.
Division of Juvenile Justice tour facility photo
Reports & PublicationsFeatured Work
More ResourcesJust-released crime data show a 7% drop in total crime and the lowest property crime rate on record in the last year before Prop 36 took effect.
Report Apr 24, 2025
AB 109 Can Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Bloated Law Enforcement Bureaucracies
AB 109 funding does not reflect California’s changing criminal justice priorities and lacks basic transparency. Could it be reinvested in treatment?
Rising law enforcement inefficiency — not reforms— is the key issue affecting Californians’ safety.
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
Prop 47 has reinvested over half a billion dollars from expensive, overcrowded prisons into low-cost, high-impact prevention programs.