Articles on addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); the importance of collaboration between police and mental health professionals; and assessing risk factors in justice-involved youth.
CJCJ News: Cameo House is a refuge for families amid the pandemic, CJCJ sponsors a bill to reinvest $100M+ in youth services, and CJCJ monitors conditions in California’s Division of Juvenile Justice.
Critical legislation, co-sponsored by CJCJ and partners, to reinvest hundreds of millions in health-focused and community-based youth services advances out of first policy committee.
Blog Mar 23, 2021
Youth Filed Fewer Complaints Amid the Pandemic. Is DJJ’s Grievance Process Broken?
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed troubling flaws in the grievance process for youth confined in California’s state-run juvenile justice facilities.
Blog Feb 26, 2021
Save Cameo House: Help Protect San Francisco’s Most Vulnerable Women and Their Children!
We urgently need your support to keep Cameo House open so CJCJ can continue serving our community.
Blog Feb 17, 2021
The PROMYSE Act Paves the Way for California’s Youth
Today, Senator Bradford introduced legislation to re-invest hundreds of millions in health-focused and community-based youth services.
The proposed 2021 – 22 state budget finalizes plans for the closure of California’s barbaric state youth correctional system, the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).
CJCJ stands behind more than a dozen state legislators in urging Governor Newsom to take swift action on the COVID-19 crisis at the state’s youth correctional system, the Division of Juvenile Justice.
CJCJ Report Warns of Second Major COVID-19 Outbreak in DJJ; Expanding our Juvenile Justice Services to Support Youth; Help Strengthen Families Impacted by Incarceration.
Articles on attitudes towards Ban the Box; the multidimensional struggle of family separation on male migrant workers; the foster-care-to-prison pipeline; extending the school-to-prison pipeline; NIMBY syndrome among Colorado and Washington dispensary owners and managers; the effects of the death penalty on state-level murder rates.
COVID-19 cases inside the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) increased sevenfold in July. Now, another dangerous outbreak is putting youth at risk.
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