Last Thursday, Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cárdenas traveled to San Francisco to meet leading juvenile justice policy experts from Northern California at the San Francisco State University Downtown Campus . Councilman Cárdenas is running unopposed this November in a new Congressional district in Los Angeles and will be sworn into office in January 2013 as one of California’s newest members of Congress. Mr. Cárdenas was very explicit with the policy advocates that his number one issue…
Publications Aug 1, 2012
UPDATE: Nine Months into Realignment: California’s Prisoner Decline Continues
UPDATE: Nine Months into Realignment: California’s Prisoner Decline Continues
Charging youths as adults in California, 2003 – 2010
Transferring Inmates Out-Of-State Has Negative Consequences California Progress Report, August 1, 2012
Jul 31, 2012
To Avoid Prison, Move to One of These Counties
To Avoid Prison, Move to One of These Counties KQED, July 30, 2012
Interactive sentencing map – what’s going on in your county?
Blog Jul 31, 2012
California’s myriad sentencing practices
Yesterday, CJCJ launched the California Sentencing Institute’s (CASI) new interface that allows for quicker, easier visual representations of California’s statewide sentencing practices. Immediately apparent upon visiting the site are the huge sentencing disparities among California’s 58 counties. Further exploration of the site indicates various interesting trends. For example, while Kings County is ranked at the top of every metric related to use of state prison, it is not the highest…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2012 San Francisco, CA: Today CJCJ is launching its new and improved interface for the California Sentencing Institute (CASI) . The new map features interactive filters, county comparisons, geographic visualizations, and fully downloadable datasets. Please explore CASI at http://casi.cjcj.org/ . In 2009, CJCJ launched the California Sentencing Institute (CASI) as the foundation for data and research driven commentary on the broader public safety…
Blog Jul 26, 2012
Juvenile justice policy roundtable in San Francisco
Today CJCJ hosted a group of policy advocates, foundations, and LA City Councilman Tony Cárdenas for a roundtable discussion on state and federal juvenile justice reforms. Councilman Cárdenas has a strong record in juvenile justice policy with his passage of the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (Schiff-Cardenas Act) as a State Assemblyman in 2000 and his work on lifting the gang injunction in Los Angeles. The discussion focused on the intersection between efforts in Washington D.C. to…
Curfew an ineffective distraction from real solutions Connecticut Post, July 25, 2012
Jul 25, 2012
Susan Mauriello
Susan Mauriello Correctional News, July 25, 2012
Alameda County Ahead of Curve With Realignment California Progress Report, July 25, 2012