New America Media quotes CJCJ’s Nisha Ajmani on the ineffectiveness of mental health treatment for youth in detention for whom detention is often re-traumatizing.
Advocates celebrate the successful passage of several key bills and call on Governor Brown to sign them into law.
The Atlantic interviews CJCJ’s Nisha Ajmani and Mike Males, and determines that district attorneys’ unfettered power to prosecute youth as adults doesn’t benefit anyone — except prosecutors.
On August 8th, hundreds of youth from across California gathered in Sacramento for the annual Free Our Dreams Organizing Summit and Advocacy Day.
CJCJ remembers change-maker, Juidell Preston, youth clients learn new skills in the High Sierras, and new CJCJ reports address juvenile justice issues in California.
Blog Aug 30, 2016
In Honor of Change-Maker, Juidell Preston
CJCJ honors our friend and caring leader, Juidell Preston, who passed away on August 6, 2016.
The Napa Valley Register publishes an op-ed by CJCJ’s Maureen Washburn arguing against a pilot program aimed at 18 – 20 years olds in the justice system proposed by Senate Bill 1004.
The bail bonds industry has a long history of aggravating racial and socio-economic disparities, and engaging in blatant corruption.
CJCJ in the News Aug 24, 2016
Reports Cites Mental Health Treatment Gaps at California’s DJJ Facilities
The Chronicle of Social Change highlights a new CJCJ study on conditions at California’s state youth correctional facilties.
CJCJ in the News Aug 23, 2016
KQED: Violence and Gang Activity Still Plague California’s Juvenile Corrections Facilities
CJCJ’s Erica Webster describes conditions at California’s state youth correctional facilities on KQED’s The California Report.
CJCJ in the News Aug 17, 2016
CJCJ in the News: Milwaukee Is Latest City to Use Curfew to Tamp Down Unrest
The Associated Press interviews Mike Males, who criticizes Milwaukee’s implementation of youth curfews after protests in the city became destructive.
Publications Aug 16, 2016
Fact Sheet: California’s Youth and Young Adult Arrest Rates Continue a Historic Decline
A new fact sheet from CJCJ shows that, in 2015, arrests of young people under age 25 dropped below 2014 levels and continue a decades-long trend of decline