CJCJ’s Lizzie Buchen discusses California’s trend towards juvenile justice reform in the Associated Press.
Unsentenced individuals comprise over 60% of California’s statewide jail population. Therefore, decreasing the number of people detained pretrial can alleviate unnecessary use of jail beds and improve overall public safety outcomes.
CJCJ’s response to Governor Jerry Brown’s FY 2014 – 15 Budget May Revision.
On Thursday, May 8, California’s Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) heard a series of presentations from its Juvenile Justice Standing Committee (JJSC) around data, education, and disproportionate minority contact or confinement in the juvenile justice system.
Blog May 6, 2014
Named legislation rarely protects the public
Bills authored in response to specific events are well-meaning but will rarely result in good public policy.