Filter Results
Report Sep 30, 2026
Realignment Without Accountability
California closed its state youth prisons in 2023, handing counties full responsibility for youth in the justice system. Our coalition has been tracking conditions in local facilities ever since.
Costly Blunder examines how California expanded juvenile detention during a historic decline in youth arrests, leaving counties with excess capacity and long-term costs.
Data released today show that California communities are safer from major crime than at any point in the state’s recorded history.
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.
California law enforcement leaders blame a lack of state investment for Proposition 36’s early failures. Meanwhile, they’re hoarding billions in untracked funds.