Blog Feb 10, 2015
From Selma to Ferguson
Although dealing with events of more almost 50 years ago, the film Selma is current. As the old saying goes, “the past is prologue.”
The punitive prison-like facilities that dominate juvenile corrections are clearly not working. California should use new funding stream to create nurturing, rehabilitative environments.
Despite the lowest crime rate in decades, and recent and potential reductions in the prison population, Brown continues to up prison spending and expand capacity.
Colorado and Washington saw a drop in fatal car accidents involving marijuana, but still fail to produce sufficient data to track reforms.
After California’s legislature approved $500 million dollars in construction funding to local adult criminal justice facilities, the state is now in a position to determine what type of facilities it should invest in.
Those most at risk of being killed by officers (rates 2.5 to 20 times the state average): Native Americans ages 20 – 44; African Americans ages 15 – 49 and 65 – 69; Latinos ages 20 – 34.
The deadliest cities: (1) Eureka, (2) Desert Hot Springs, (3) Vista, (4) Perris, (5) San Bernardino, (6) Moreno Valley, (7) Hemet, (8) Compton, (9) Inglewood, (10) Indio
Rolling Stone discusses a recent CJCJ report on marijuana reform.
Brown has allowed more people convicted of homicide to parole than have the past four governors combined. That’s a good thing — but not good enough.
Publications Dec 30, 2015
December News from CJCJ
CJCJ helps spread holiday cheer; Executive Director Dan Macallair offers expertise on new justice show; CJCJ fights for rights of children visiting incarcerated parents
Blog Dec 30, 2015
Young black men is not a metaphor for violence
The failures of local authorities to hold police accountable for killing unarmed black men deserve angry condemnation — not more stereotyping.
Blog Dec 23, 2014
When did it become legal to strip-search a child?
CJCJ Deputy Director Dinky Manek Enty writes in the Chronicle of Social Change about a new proposal to strip-search visitors, including children visiting their incarcerated parents.