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Articles discussing the family impacts of caregiver arrest, how juvenile justice systems-involvement affects earnings, and restorative justice legislation and policy.
With Prop 57, Californians have voted to curb the treatment of youth as adults. Now we must reimagine the treatment of those who remain in the juvenile system.
Blog Nov 17, 2016
CJCJ’s Continued Promise of Service
One week after Election Day, CJCJ remains as committed to criminal justice reform as we were at our founding.
This Election Day, California voters have the opportunity to make significant changes to the state’s juvenile and criminal justice system.
CJCJ in the News Nov 6, 2016
Santa Clara County Jail Guards Accused of Brutal Retaliation Against Inmate
Bay Area ABC 7 News’s I‑Team interviews CJCJ Executive Director Dan Macallair about several Santa Clara jail guards’ assault on Rikki Martinez.
CJCJ in the News Nov 1, 2016
Prop 57 Resource Page
An interactive map showing youth prosecuted as adults in each county, radio interviews, research reports, inforgraphics and more.
Prop 57 would abolish prosecutor’s ability to charge youth directly in adult court, a practice that has proven to more often impact youth of color and youth in certain counties.
Two new reports focus on the future of youth justice in California, CJCJ staff tour California’s northern youth correctional facilities, and we congratulate a youth client who is now a full-time student.
CJCJ in the News Oct 31, 2016
California’s Prop 57 Would Have Judges, Not Prosecutors, Decide If Youth Are Tried As Adults
CJCJ’s Maureen Washburn pens an op-ed for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) advocating for the passage of California’s Proposition 57 and the abolishment of prosecutors’ ability to charge youth directly in adult court.
CJCJ in the News Oct 27, 2016
Jail state: Juvenile justice overhaul rallies Sacramento faith community behind Prop. 57
The Sacramento News & Review cites two CJCJ reports analyzing the prosecution of youth as adults and crime trends after Prop 47.