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Report Apr 24, 2025
AB 109 Can Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Bloated Law Enforcement Bureaucracies
AB 109 funding does not reflect California’s changing criminal justice priorities and lacks basic transparency. Could it be reinvested in treatment?
Resource Apr 24, 2025
AB 109 Funding Dashboard
Learn more about how AB 109 funds are being spent in your county.
Report May 22, 2024
Unseen Billions
Every year, California makes a massive investment in jails and probation, with little county transparency or state oversight.
Publications Apr 18, 2017
California’s Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Reports High Recidivism Despite Surging Costs
CJCJ’s new fact sheet finds that the costs of confining youth in California’s state youth correctional syste are expected to climb to $271,318 per youth.
Publications Aug 11, 2016
Failure After Farrell: Violence and Inadequate Mental Health Care in California’s Division of Juvenile Justice
CJCJ’s new report finds, in California’s state youth corrections system, violence has increased, gang culture is pervasive, and mental health treatment is at times nonexistent.