Counties ready to handle juvenile offenders, study says PublicCEO, February 10, 2012
California Activists Calling for Changes to State’s Juvenile Justice System Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, February 10, 2012
Feb 9, 2012
Wasting Juvenile Justice Tax Dollars
Wasting Juvenile Justice Tax Dollars California Progress Report, February 9, 2012
Blog Feb 9, 2012
Ventura YCF: A stain on California
Is this really what our taxpayer dollars are paying for? Lino Silva is one of the 344 juveniles currently incarcerated at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, a 98-year-old youth facility that is crumbling beyond repair. Facing inhumane and dangerous conditions, and under the threat of reprisals from guards, Lino launched a petition drive through Change.org to improve basic living standards at the Ventura facility. Titled “A Stain on California,” Lino’s petition states…
Counties ready to handle state’s juvenile offenders, study says California Watch, February 9, 2012
CJCJ’s article, “Maximizing Mental Health Services for Justice-Involved Youth Using Diverse Funding,” authored by Emily Luhrs and Selena Teji, was recently published in the Jan/Feb edition of the Offender Programs Report . The Offender Programs Report is a national journal for practitioners that is “devoted exclusively to innovative programs, management strategies and legal developments in offender rehabilitation.” The article highlights two of CJCJ’s model juvenile justice…
Report: No reason not to shut down state’s youth prisons KALW News, February 6, 2012
Bringing Down Youth Prisons and Building a Better Place Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, February 3, 2012
A new report out from the Vera institute conducts a state-by-state analysis of ballooning corrections budgets, far greater than previously reported. Overall, states’ corrections budgets have quadrupled over the last 20 years while funding for education and preventative services has either stagnated or been cut dramatically. When additional corrections costs are considered such as retirement health care for employees, pensions, prisoner health care, and current employee benefits, taxpayers are…
Juvenile Dept. Worried about Housing High-risk Offenders Central Coast News KION/KCBA, February 2, 2012
Judge Hyman “California Juvenile Prison Shutdown” Legal Broadcast Network, February 2, 2012
Publications Feb 1, 2012
Counties’ modern secure facilities have enough institutional capacity for juvenile justice realignment
Counties’ modern secure facilities have enough institutional capacity for juvenile justice realignment