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.
Dec 22, 2014
CJCJ’s Daniel Macallair Speaks on Bail Industry
CJCJ Executive Director Daniel Macallair speaks with San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi on the challenges with our bail system and need for pretrial reform.
“Criminology at the Intersection of Oppression”: Worldwide perspectives on criminal justice are discussed at an international criminology meeting in San Francisco.
Fox’s Bill O’Reilly’s commentary citing CJCJ statistics failed to note our data showing African Americans are much more likely than whites to be killed by police. Unjustifiable police killings of unarmed suspects likely involve even wider racial disparities.
Blog Dec 9, 2014
A Shifting America: Latinos and a Health Equity-Centered Approach to Juvenile Justice
Residents of East Salinas are looking to indigenous practices to change their county’s approach to juvenile justice.