The Case for Phased Juvenile Justice Realignment in California California Progress Report, April 24, 2012
Data from the Corrections Standards Authority shows that 71% of jail space in California counties is filled by individuals who are unsentenced. For the simple reason of not being able to afford a bail amount that varies widely from county to county for the same sentence, these individuals are separated from their communities, families, receive no rehabilitative programming, taking up jail beds that should be used for offenders determined to be a risk to their community, all at the costs of…
The Case for Phased Juvenile Justice Realignment in California Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, April 23, 2012
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) has relocated its main office as of Wednesday March 21, 2012. Our new address is: 40 Boardman Place, San Francisco, CA 94103 . Please note, CJCJ’s phone number (415) 621‑5661 is now operational! To reach our Directors please refer to these NEW extensions: Executive Director Daniel Macallairx. 111 Associate Director Abu Qadir Al-Amin x. 125 Deputy Director Dinky Manek Entyx. 120 Development Director and Program Director Catherine…
I recently wrote a blog called School Discipline and the Prison Pipeline which was a follow-up to a more detailed commentary on my web site . Recently there was a survey called “California Statewide Survey on School Discipline Issues” (conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates) which was based upon a telephone survey of a random sample of 803 California voters. About 80% of those polled supported reforms in the ways in which school discipline was practiced. For example,…
Entitled “Kids Behind Bars: Where’s the Justice in America’s Juvenile Justice System? Covering the Juvenile Justice Reform Debate in 2012,” the symposium will take place on Monday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 24, 2012 , at John Jay College (CUNY), in New York City. The event, which is supported by the Tow Foundation, will bring 25 of America’s leading juvenile justice journalists and editors together with juvenile justice practitioners, scholars, legal authorities, public officials,…
The Human Rights Commission hearing on the Human Rights Impact of the War on Drugs last week provided a broad spectrum of perspectives and information on how San Franciscans are affected by drug law enforcement. The hearing commenced with testimony from Alice Huffman, President of the California NAACP, who underlined the racially targeted history of the drug war, beginning in 1914 and including the 1920’s failed prohibition of alcohol. Following, Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal…
Apr 14, 2012
The Human Rights Impact of the War on Drugs
The Human Rights Impact of the War on Drugs sfgovtv.com, April 12, 2012
Apr 13, 2012
The Pacifica Evening News
The Pacifica Evening News KPFA Radio, April 12, 2012
Apr 13, 2012
Should We Rename It “Selma Francisco”?
Should We Rename It “Selma Francisco”? California Progress Report, April 13, 2012
Mercer: ALEC, influence and the ways of our Legislature Aberdeen News, April 13, 2012
Blog Apr 12, 2012
Adult realignment and the county jail building boom
Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union released an insightful, comprehensive report on county plans for a massive jail expansion using funding allocated through Assembly Bill 109 and Assembly Bill 900. AB 109 is the adult realignment bill that shifted responsibility for supervising low-level offenders (non-non-non’s) from the state to the county level along with $367 million for first-year implementation. Adult realignment in California comes at time when public opinion is shifting…