Blog May 27, 2014
A Quest for Democracy in Sacramento
On May 19, over 200 individuals came to the capitol as part of the second annual Formerly Incarcerated People’s Quest for Democracy.
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.