CJCJ’s executive director pens an op-ed for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) on the lessons to be learned from the failures of California’s state youth corrections system.
New America Media quotes CJCJ’s Nisha Ajmani on the ineffectiveness of mental health treatment for youth in detention for whom detention is often re-traumatizing.
Advocates celebrate the successful passage of several key bills and call on Governor Brown to sign them into law.
The Atlantic interviews CJCJ’s Nisha Ajmani and Mike Males, and determines that district attorneys’ unfettered power to prosecute youth as adults doesn’t benefit anyone — except prosecutors.
On August 8th, hundreds of youth from across California gathered in Sacramento for the annual Free Our Dreams Organizing Summit and Advocacy Day.