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
Charging youths as adults in California: A county by county analysis
TCWF provides paid-time off to nonprofit health execs Ventura County Star, February 1, 2012
Blog Jan 31, 2012
DJF culture shift absent as lawsuit continues
As of January 2012, three of California’s Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF) remain, O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility (OHCYCF), N.A. Chaderjian (NACYCF) in Stockton, CA and Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF) in Ventura, California. The Southern Reception Center closed down at the end of the 2011, transferring the remaining youth and 77 staff to VYCF, now the only DJF facility in southern California. Already plagued with abuses and strained past capacity, VYCF continues to…
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