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Accused Probation Chief Is Face of Juvenile Justice Reform Effort Bay Citizen, February 152012

As a result of the race to incarcerate over the past three decades, CA has considerably expanded the budget allocation for corrections while simultaneously cutting the funds spent on higher education.

Report: CA Counties Can Absorb Juvenile Offenders Held by State The Crime Report, February 92012

High-Needs Kids and Juvenile Justice Reforms Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, February 132012

California Makes History by Closing its Juvenile Prisons The Cutting Edge, February 122012

Move Over, Police? The Crime Report, February 102012

Counties ready to handle state’s juvenile offenders, study says San Diego Union-Tribune, February 92012

Counties ready to handle state’s juvenile offenders ABC 7, February 92012

Counties ready to handle juvenile offenders, study says PublicCEO, February 102012

California Activists Calling for Changes to State’s Juvenile Justice System Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, February 102012

Wasting Juvenile Justice Tax Dollars California Progress Report, February 92012

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…