Blog Apr 2, 2014
Why Statistical Bigotry Is Just Bigotry, Round 2
Chronicle columnist Chip Johnson shows once again how statistics are misused to justify prejudicial policing
CJCJ’s Executive Director Dan Macallair highlights the need for local community-based service organizations.
The Innovative Concept Academy in St. Louis City, Missouri shows how one powerful idea can come to life when you are willing to think outside the box and challenge the status quo.
CJCJ’s March Newsletter
Girls growing up face hurdles concerning gender identity and this bears directly to what they face upon entering the juvenile justice system.
Articles on the nexus between immigration and criminal justice, disproportionate justice-involvement among the American Indian population, and modern developments in prison architecture and design.
Blog Mar 25, 2014
San Francisco’s Sheriff implements Obamacare
Sheriff Mirkarimi discusses his plans to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in San Francisco.
Mar 24, 2014
Whatever Happened to the Ad War on Drugs?
CJCJ’s Mike Males is featured in Advertising Age and highlights the problems with commercials created by Partnership at Drugfree.org
Brian Goldstein, CJCJ’s Policy Analyst, provides testimony to the Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment on March 18, 2014.
Blog Mar 18, 2014
Asm. Ammiano: “We can’t punish them into success”
Today, the state Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment held a hearing on juvenile justice reform. The experts unanimously emphasized data collection and use in decision making.
Mar 13, 2014
California’s Radical De-Incarceration Experiment
Mike Males discusses California’s deincarceration movement in the California Progress Report.
Blog Mar 11, 2014
Two Roadmaps for Reform
California’s 2014 legislative session has started and policymakers are considering ways to develop comprehensive public safety policy. Recent reports by the Legislative Analysts Office and Little Hoover Commission provide a necessary roadmap for the state.