Overview Cameo House & Women's Services Community Options for Youth (COY) Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) Expert Sentencing Support Services Juvenile Collaborative Reentry Unit (JCRU) No Violence Alliance (NoVA) Technical Assistance Overview Campaign to Reinvest in Higher Education Next Generation Fellowship Legislation Transparency & Accountability California Sentencing Institute

The study examines California’s system of parole and makes recommendations for improvement.

As California’s prison population tops 100,000, we urge policy makers to reflect upon the high costs and negative results of our reliance upon jails. 

An examination of juvenile justice in the United States reveals a failed correctional model and the hope of reform.

The 1977 Determinate Sentencing Law was passed to achieve fairness and parity in sentencing in CA. Thirteen years later, the system is loaded down with African American men in the prime of their lives

Hawaii is a state which is poised on the brink of deinstitutionalization, a state which holds real potential for the design and implementation of a model juvenile justice system.