A new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) entitled Juvenile Justice Realignment in 2012 provides support for Governor Brown’s realignment proposal and offers five policy recommendations that include a three-year process that allows counties time to design new services and infrastructure. At the end of three years, the state will no longer manage youth correctional institutions and the resources that used to sustain these facilities will be transferred to the…
Blog Jan 11, 2012
Counties’ responses to the budget triggers
While it costs approximately $193,111 per ward annually to house youth in California’s state youth correctional system (Division of Juvenile Facilities: DJF), under the budget triggers (implemented Jan 1, 2012) counties would pick up approx. 65% of that tab ($125,000 per youth), while the rest continues to be paid for by California taxpayers. Counties like Monterey, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Kings have voiced concerns that they would not be able to pay for the 20+ youth they each have in DJF…
Behind Governor’s Plan to Close State’s Juvenile Justice System Bay Citizen, January 10, 2012
Gov. Brown proposes shutting juvenile prison system (again) KALW News, January 9, 2012
California’s Governor Sends Wake-Up Call to the State’s Counties California Progress Report, January 10, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown calls for historic shuttering of state’s notorious youth prison system San Jose Mercury News, January 6, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown calls for historic shuttering of state’s notorious youth prison system Contra Costa Times, January 6, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown calls for historic shuttering of state’s notorious youth prison system Oakland Tribune, January 6, 2012
California’s Governor Sends Wake-Up Call to the State’s Counties Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, January 9, 2012
California’s Governor Sends Wake-Up Call to the State’s Counties Reclaiming Futures, January 9, 2012
America’s Longest Ongoing War: The ‘Race’ War on Drugs The American Muslim, January 9, 2012
A recent report by the W. Haywood Burns Institute indicates that while California’s current corrections policies appear to be race-neutral, data shows that many young people of color are being incarcerated at higher rates than white youth for non-criminal acts rather than being treated for mental health and behavioral health needs. The report, titled “Non-Judicial Drivers into the Juvenile Justice System for Youth of Color” , highlights multiple studies that point to the same conclusion: …