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To Avoid Prison, Move to One of These Counties KQED, July 302012

Interactive sentencing map – what’s going on in your county? 

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…

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 252012

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Susan Mauriello Correctional News, July 252012

Alameda County Ahead of Curve With Realignment California Progress Report, July 252012

In 2009, CJCJ launched its California Sentencing Institute (CASI) as the foundation for data and research driven commentary on the broader public safety dialogue. The interactive map reveals detailed crime and incarceration trends for California’s 58 counties, and it’s about to get better… CJCJ will launch a newly developed CASI early next week! The new map will feature interactive filters, county comparisons, geographic visualizations, and fully downloadable excel datasets. Access…

Shasta County faces challenges under prison realignment Redding Record Searchlight, July 212012

Lilburn latest city to add curfew for juveniles Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 222012

The nation has come along way in juvenile justice reform. John Jay College in New York recently released a new report that details the various juvenile justice reform efforts undertaken by states in the last 30 years. Three major strategies for reform are identified and evaluated in terms of the long-term effectiveness of each. The three main strategies they identify are resolution , meaning limiting judicial options for out-of-home placements by closing facilities; reinvestment whereby…