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Expensive short-term custodial solutions will not solve California’s prison crisis and does not serve public safety interests.

Under Realignment some counties, in which the local justice systems rely heavily on incarceration, are putting extra pressure on their sheriffs to manage their burgeoning jail populations safely. A new fact sheet by CJCJ, suggests four jail population management strategies that could help sheriffs and other justice stakeholders to address these challenges.

Realignment creates an opportunity for local jursdictions to implement community-based interventions for individuals who have been charged with non-serious, non-sexual, and non-violent offenses.

Despite years of research showing that girls require a special kind of programming, here remains a lack of innovative, effective programs for girls in trouble.

This is a continuation of my previous blog on a book by Tom Diaz called The Last Gun.”