Aug 25, 2011
Executive Director Daniel Macallair presents at Texas Public Policy Foundation conference
The Texas Public Policy Foundation cordially invited CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair to present at a panel discussion on juvenile justice as part of the 19th Annual Meeting of the State Policy Network (SPN), on August 25, 2011 . Approximately 700 executives, scholars, researchers, and communications staff from the nation’s state-based free-market think tanks attend the conference, as well as representatives from national organizations such as the Heritage Foundation, Cato…
In my last blog , I discussed the effectiveness of a 3‑week media blitz that overthrew a California Proposition backed by significant financial investment, popular support, and academic research. This week’s blog will explore another example of the importance of a good marketing strategy when campaigning for criminal justice initiatives. California Proposition 5 (2008) Prop. 5 , known also as the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act (NORA), was a ballot initiative scheduled for the…
Aug 24, 2011
Teens on Facebook and Social Media Sites more likely to drink, smoke and use drugs: Study
Teens on Facebook and Social Media Sites more likely to drink, smoke and use drugs: Study Huffington Post, August 24, 2011
Selena Teji on the 58 cooks in California’s juvenile justice kitchen Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, August 24, 2011
The latest publication in CJCJ’s Juvenile Justice Realignment Series analyses direct adult criminal court filings across California’s 58 counties since the passage of Proposition 21 (2000). Direct filing allows prosecutors to unilaterally transfer youth to adult court, thereby circumventing juvenile court jurisdiction.* Read the full report at $1What_has_been_the_effect_of_Prop_21.pdf$4 Find out what others are saying about it in our attached press release, including statements by Assembly…
Demonstrations are taking place at Governors’ offices across the country today in New York, Connecticut, and Illinois in solidarity with those pushing for basic rights and humane conditions within the Security Housing Units (SHU) at the notorious Pelican Bay State Prison, located in the northwestern tip of California. The conditions of the SHU will be the topic of discussion at today’s oversight hearing by California’s Assembly Public Safety Committee (listen live at 1:30 pm ). The…
Aug 23, 2011
The Pacifica Evening News
The Pacifica Evening News KPFA Radio, August 22, 2011
Selena Teji on California’s Broken Juvenile Detention System Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, August 18, 2011
Aug 18, 2011
Curfews: Crime Fighting Or Racial Profiling?
Curfews: Crime Fighting Or Racial Profiling? NPR, August 17, 2011
On the November 2, 2004 California ballot, Proposition 66 was designed to place limitations on California’s “Three Strikes” law enacted in 1994. In response to the increasing numbers of third-strikers serving 25-years-to-life for drug possession, the initiative intended to require that the third-strike conviction be for a violent or serious felony in order to apply an increased sentence. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office , Proposition 66 would have saved the state several…
Over the past three decades a continuous mantra among conservatives has been that the “free market” represents the best solutions to social problems. The government is “too big” and is inefficient; the free market works best. Let the market rule and social problems will disappear has been the thinking. One of the consequences of this line of thinking is the privatization movement where issues normally handled by the government should be turned over to private businesses. The profit motive…
Blog Aug 16, 2011
Conservative states leading the way in prison reform
The Supreme Court decision that California needs to shrink (not release) its prison population has made national headlines, but as I mentioned in my last blog , over the past few years many states have already begun reducing their reliance on incarceration. What is particularly interesting, as the ACLU points out in their most recent report, is the overwhelming bi-partisan support for prison reform efforts. Texas, Kansas, Kentucky, Arkansas, and a handful of other states have successfully…