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Costly Blunder examines how California expanded juvenile detention during a historic decline in youth arrests, leaving counties with excess capacity and long-term costs.
Publications Aug 7, 2026
Empty Cells Are Missed Opportunities to Repurpose America’s Surplus Juvenile Detention Facilities
In a brief published with the Scholars Strategy Network, Daniel Macallair and Carina Gallo make the case for a federal conversion program for empty and underused U.S. juvenile detention facilities.
Data released today show that California communities are safer from major crime than at any point in the state’s recorded history.
Report Jun 30, 2026
The Secure Track: The Implementation Framework
Our latest report from our CA Juvenile Justice Realignment Series, The Secure Track: The Implementation Framework, offers a roadmap for how counties should be running their juvenile facilities.
Blog Jun 17, 2026
The Digital Divide in Reentry and Homelessness
CJCJ’s Julie Flament writes about the digital divide and its implications for individuals experiencing homelessness and needing reentry services.