The Los Angeles Daily News highlights CJCJ’s new report which finds that Proposition 47’s criminal justice reforms do not correlate with county-level crime changes in 2015.
CJCJ’s executive director pens an op-ed for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) on the lessons to be learned from the failures of California’s state youth corrections system.
Publications Sep 21, 2016
New Report: Prop 47 and Crime in 2015
CJCJ’s new report provides a comparison of county-level crime changes to jail population changes and prison releases after the passage of Prop 47.
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.