Blog Dec 2, 2012
Reform cuts marijuana possession arrests 86% in 2011, upends California drug policing
Just-released 2011 arrest statistics from the state Criminal Justice Statistics Center show that pioneering legislation downgrading simple marijuana possession from a criminal offense into an infraction – an effort to deter passage of Proposition 19, which would have legalized marijuana outright – has detonated a revolution in California drug-law enforcement. California’s new arrest figures read like something out of a drug policy reformer’s dream – but with unexpected twists (see table).…
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California Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rate To Record Low: Study Huffington Post, November 29, 2012
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) , the health reform law passed by the Obama administration and Congress in 2010, will have vast implications for the provision of health services to incarcerated individuals, including expanded access to mental health and substance abuse treatment. An underappreciated impact of California’s AB 109 adult corrections realignment is that county jails are now the primary providers of medical care for long-term realigned inmates. The Community…
Juvenile Crime at All-Time Low, Leaving Empty Beds at Juvenile Hall Fair Oaks-Carmichael Patch, November 28, 2012