CJCJ’s vigorous policy advocacy and innovative programs transform juvenile justice systems to better serve young people and their families. This work strengthens community safety while reducing incarceration. Our team regularly investigates juvenile halls and youth prisons across the country. We report on conditions and concerns, while lifting up successful, community-led diversion programs. Here are CJCJ’s reports on these juvenile justice programs and policies.
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Publications Aug 7, 2026
Empty Cells Are Missed Opportunities to Repurpose America’s Surplus Juvenile Detention Facilities
In a brief published with the Scholars Strategy Network, Daniel Macallair and Carina Gallo make the case for a federal conversion program for empty and underused U.S. juvenile detention facilities.
Report Jun 30, 2026
The Secure Track: The Implementation Framework
Our latest report from our CA Juvenile Justice Realignment Series, The Secure Track: The Implementation Framework, offers a roadmap for how counties should be running their juvenile facilities.
The second report in our California Juvenile Justice Realignment Series discusses why realignment demands a fundamentally different approach to confining youth with serious offenses.
Publications May 14, 2026
Nonprofit Community-Based Organizations: Central Partners in Service Delivery and Systems Reform
In the first of the California Juvenile Justice Realignment Series, Daniel Macallair writes about the role of CBO’s in service delivery and systems reform in the state.
Report Mar 3, 2026
Reflections on New Zealand’s Youth Justice System and Implications for California
CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair travelled to New Zealand with Bay Area justice leaders as part of the Journey to Justice delegation. Read his reflections for California one year later.