The Huffington Post cites an article by CJCJ’s Mike Males, “Who Are Police Killing?”, to discuss police violence against African-Americans.
Blog Oct 22, 2015
The Business of Guns
Even after all the mass shootings in the U.S, few are talking about two important issues: American gun culture and the business of guns. Gun deathse are expected to surpass vehicale deaths in 2015, how is the gun industry contributing to violence?
Students and community organizations gathered to protest the San Bernardino Unified School District’s role in the school-to-prison pipeline. This IE article cites CJCJ’s report revealing San Bernardino to be one of two cities where school officers can arrest students, and appear to do so frequently.
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) publishes an op-ed by CJCJ’s Nisha Ajmani contrasting the United States’ treatment of youth in the justice system to that of other developed nations.
Oct 14, 2015
CJCJ in the news: KCBS interviews Daniel Macallair on sentencing youth to life without parole
On October 13th, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments to determine if its 2012 decision, prohibiting automatic sentencing of juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole, should be applied retroactively.