Blog Feb 28, 2017
“Teen Brain” Non-Science Debunked
Recent scientific reviews have debunked neurological studies which found youth to be more crime prone, but statistical realities showing dramatic drops in youth crime were demolishing such claims for decades.
The California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice, a coalition of youth justice organizations, gathered to celebrate the successful passage of Proposition 57 and to plan for the future.
CJCJ in the News Feb 21, 2017
California to Trump: What ‘American carnage’? Things are far safer here than in the rest of America
Mike Males pens an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times disputing the claims made by President Trump and his administration.
CJCJ in the News Feb 20, 2017
Listen to Youth Voices to Bring California Facilities Into the 21st Century
CJCJ’s Erica Webster penned an op-ed for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) highlighting what young people said about their experiences in juvenile facilities
CJCJ in the News Feb 13, 2017
If Kids Ran Juvie
The Marshall Project highlights the work of CJCJ and advocacy organizations to prioritize the voices of justice-involved youth in efforts to improve California’s local juvenile facilities.
Publications Feb 8, 2017
New Report: Urban Crime Trends Remain Stable Through California’s Policy Reform Era (2010−2016)
CJCJ’s new fact sheet finds that, despite the implementation of large-scale criminal justice reforms, California’s urban crime rates remained stable from 2010 through early 2016.
Declining drug enforcement after Proposition 47, advocates rally to improve California’s juvenile facilities, and Governor Brown’s budget proposes to build another prison.
ATTN: interviews CJCJ’s Brian Goldstein on the merits of the California Leadership Academy, a new prison project included in Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal, that CJCJ has long opposed.
CJCJ in the News Jan 27, 2017
‘Rooms Infested With Spiders’: California Youth Urge Changes in Conditions at Juvenile Facilities
The Chronicle of Social Change highlights advocacy by CJCJ and other juvenile justice organizations to improve standards in county juvenile facilities.
Prop 47 created an estimated $103 million to fund community programs that focus on mental health, drug treatment and criminal justice diversion programs.
CJCJ in the News Jan 24, 2017
The Never-Ending Indian Wars
Yes Magazine highlights research conducted by CJCJ’s Mike Males on the high rates of death of Native Americans during arrest or while in custody.
Long-time CJCJ board member Patti Lee was honored by the Obama administration with a four-year appointment to the DOJ Science Advisory Board.