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Education versus incarceration: CSU budget runs dry while corrections funding soars Golden Gate Xpress, January 162012

Gov. Jerry Brown plans $1 billion in prison cuts San Francisco Chronicle, January 152012

State spends 8 times more than counties to jail juvenile offenders Manteca Bulletin, January 132012

Since 2007, San Bernardino County’s Probation Department has made strategic, bold changes in order to align their systems with modern and effective best practices for the rehabilitation and reentry of youth offenders. Prior to 2007, San Bernardino had a history of state-dependency for their youthful offender population and was the subject of a lawsuit for facility conditions and practices. Over the last four years, the county has demonstrated admirable leadership and innovation in utilizing…

Behind Governor’s Plan to Close State’s Juvenile Justice System Bay Citizen, January 102012