Blog Sep 17, 2013
Congregate Care Facilities are a Thing of the Past
Photographer Richard Ross documents youth correctional facilities across the nation. This blogs explores why these facilities are an outdated approach to juvenile justice.
Sep 16, 2013
Op-ed: Statistical Bigotry is Just Bigotry
CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow, Mike Males, is featured in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.
Sep 13, 2013
Monterey County has among highest imprisonment rates
A report released this week by a nonprofit advocacy group, the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, says there are wide disparities across California in how state prisoner realignment is being implemented.
Both the legislature and Governor Brown are currently reviewing a wide range of juvenile and criminal justice policies that will have a long-term impact on the state. Here’s a breakdown of key bills.
Deputy Public Defender Patti Lee has been selected by the Center for Young Women’s Development as a 2013 Cheyenne Bell award winner.
Fact sheet analyzing new prison admissions by quarter shows admissions for property and drug crimes are on the rise in 2013.
Fact sheet on county-by-county implementation of AB 109 Realignment using data through June 30, 2013.
Private prisons are not the answer to California’s prison overcrowding crisis.
Blog Sep 5, 2013
Is there an end in sight to the War on Drugs?
As so many drug-related reforms move forward, there is still a need for a comprehensive examination of how drug policy is implemented locally.
Blog Sep 3, 2013
Some Promising Programs for Girls in Trouble
In my previous blog I noted that successful programs for girls in the juvenile justice system were rare. In this blog I will highlight a few examples of recently developed programs that show great promise.
An Op-ed by CJCJ staff discussing how the ACA, often referred to as Obamacare, will pave the way for justice-involved youth to have access to high-quality reentry and aftercare services.
Tell the Gov. you don’t support prison expansion, attend the drug policy conference of the year, and read about the intersection of immigration and criminal justice.