Nov 12, 2013
Oakland City Council Considers Youth Curfew
KCBS reports on the proposed Oakland youth curfew which is being considered tonight by the Board of Supervisors.
Articles on veterans, juvenile diversion program volunteers, court-ordered mentoring for adjudicated youth, pretrial publicity, and punishing racial and ethnic minority student athletes.
Blog Nov 7, 2013
Profit Over Kids: Part III
This is the final blog of a three part series examining for profit youth facilities.
Blog Nov 5, 2013
Profit Over Kids: Part II
This is the second installment of a blog series examining private for profit youth prisons.
CJCJ in the News Nov 5, 2013
Home From Prison
The San Francisco Bay Guardian article highlights CJCJ’s Cameo House program and importance of alternatives to incarceration and individualized care.
CJCJ’s Supportive Living Program closes its doors and policy staff report on the ineffectiveness of curfews.
Blog Oct 31, 2013
A Salute to the Supportive Living Program
After 22 years of guiding men to and through their roads of recovery, CJCJ’s Supportive Living Program (SLP) is closing its doors today. We are saddened by its passing but take pride in its accomplishments.
Blog Oct 28, 2013
Profits Over Kids, Part I
In this three-part series Senior Research Fellow Randall Shelden examines for-profit youth prisons.
Patsy Jackson has been a case manager with NoVA for two years. Patsy helps her clients succeed by minimizing barriers to reentry and facilitating reintegration in their families and communities.
Unofficial notes from the meeting, taken by CJCJ’s Brian Goldstein.
Blog Oct 22, 2013
Immigration consequences of criminal convictions
There are many collateral consequences to criminal convictions in California, such as barriers to employment, housing, and social services. An additional concern that criminal defense attorneys should consider when advising their clients is the possible immigration consequences of their conviction.
Blog Oct 17, 2013
Partnership for a Drug-Wrecked America
The Partnership has been an instrumental lobby spending billions of dollars on decades of misdirected, billion-dollar “drug free” ad campaigns that are really designed to protect powerful legal-drug interests and major constituencies. By using emotional images and misinformation to divert attention from real drug issues and prevent sensible solutions, the Partnership has functioned as a key promoter of drug abuse.