Program uses kitchen to retrain ex-cons and the homeless San Francisco Examiner, July 16, 2012
Blog Jul 17, 2012
The gateway myth
I’ve heard the story hundreds of time: pot is the “gateway” drug. Smoke a joint one day and next thing you know you are hooked on heroin or cocaine. I recall sitting in on a panel discussion on drugs at UNLV and a couple of the “experts” repeated the claim. One man in the audience who was apparently an ex-con told the audience something like “everyone I knew in prison who used heroin or cocaine also smoked pot.” My protests to the contrary fell upon deaf ears. Part of this myth is the…
Occupy Redwood City to protest new San Mateo County jail PressTV, July 14, 2012
Gov. Brown taps Susan Mauriello for realignment oversight Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 13, 2012
San Francisco’s Community Approach Towards “Wrapping” High-Needs Youth California Progress Report, July 12, 2012
On Monday July 9, 2012 I co-presented with my colleague Gerald Miller on criminal justice policy and reform efforts to a group of college students from throughout Northern California. The students were participating in the Bay Area Urban Project , a 6‑week urban immersion program that explores the major issues affecting lower-income communities in cities through a theological lens. The students in this program study immigration policy, education disparities, human trafficking, and other…
Jul 13, 2012
Bringing stop-and-frisk to SF?
Bringing stop-and-frisk to SF? socialistworker.org, July 11, 2012
Last month, members of CJCJ’s Wraparound team had the honor of presenting to juvenile justice leaders from select California counties at the Sierra Health Foundation’s Positive Youth Justice Initiative (PYJI) Speaker Series. Juvenile Justice Clinical Supervisor, Margaret Hitchcock and Wrap Rehabilitation Counselor, Randell Lewis, were joined by CJCJ’s Executive Director, Daniel Macallair, San Francisco Deputy Director of Juvenile Probation, Allison Magee, and Statewide expert on EPSDT and…
Jul 7, 2012
For juveniles, justice is biased
For juveniles, justice is biased Politico, July 6, 2012
Jul 6, 2012
San Francisco’s Twist on Probation
San Francisco’s Twist on Probation Wall Street Journal, July 4, 2012
Legislature, Governor Brown Advance Historic Juvenile Justice Reforms California Progress Report, July 6, 2012
Just days after the deadline, the Governor signed the $92 billion 2012 – 13 California budget into law on June 27th. The budget includes some of the most significant reforms in state juvenile justice policy since the passage of Senate Bill 81 in 2007. In his May 14th revised budget proposal, Governor Brown had retracted his plan to close the state’s youth correctional facilities, Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF), under intense and well-coordinated law enforcement and county pressure. …