CJCJ in the News Oct 6, 2016
New report shows fewer juveniles are being arrested for violent felonies
KBFX Bakersfield interviews CJCJ’s Mauren Washburn about a new CJCJ report on dramatic decreases in California’s youth crime.
Publications Oct 4, 2016
New Report: Violent Crime Arrests of Youth in California Expected to Decline Through 2020
CJCJ’s new research report predicts ongoing declines in the violent felony arrest rate of California’s youth through 2020.
Newsletter Oct 3, 2016
CJCJ Director awarded Juvenile Advocate of the Year, plus new Prop 47 report!
Prop 47 and Crime in 2015, CJCJ’s Executive Director awarded Juvenile Advocate of the Year, and dedicated CJCJ youth mentors featured in a major news outlet.
The Christian Science Monitor highlights CJCJ’s Youth Justice Mentoring Program (YJM) and features interviews from clients and mentors about the impact of a caring adult role model.
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.