California recently lifted the ban on access to welfare for people with felony drug convictions. Though a strong step in the right direction, many obstacles remain for this vulnerable population.
Blog Jul 29, 2014
California’s Radical Youth Trends
Huge reductions in youth incarceration, huge increases in populations of youth of color — and huge reductions in youth crime. Who knew?
Blog Jul 25, 2014
A New Approach for Juvenile Facilities in California
California’s Board of State and Community Corrections makes critical decisions on the future of the state’s justice-involved youth — and the public is beginning to pay attention.
Blog Jul 22, 2014
Scapegoating the Poor
The story of a single working mother who faces a decade in prison for allowing her daughter to play in a park unsupervised demonstrates our foolish reliance on incarceration and punishment as a way to poverty.
Violence trends make fools of its debaters — or would, if anyone called them to account.