Public policy groups are seizing on new statistics from the FBI to claim California’s prison realignment plan is causing “significant increases” in crime, even as others say the numbers show no connection at all.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Analyzing newly released FBI data — the first full crime figures published since Realignment — CJCJ found no correlation between Realignment and crime trends.
Newsroom Jan 23, 2013
Police Commission Hearing, Jan. 23, 2013
CJCJ’s testimony to the San Francisco Police Commission regarding the city’s 40-year history of increasingly racially disparate arrest practices.
Blog Jan 22, 2013
Even for violent crimes, longer is not always better
If California hopes to fix its correctional crisis, it needs to broaden its outlook on sentencing reform to address not only low-level offenders, but also those who have committed serious and violent crimes. In my last post , I wrote that such offenders are spending more and more time behind bars, and that much of this increased time is due to harsh sentence enhancements like “Three Strikes and You’re Out” and 10 – 20-Life — “Use a Gun and You’re Done.” These enhancements come at a huge cost to…
Newsroom Jan 19, 2013
In Our View: Vigilance on CampusClark County Safe Schools Task Force has districts working together
In Our View: Vigilance on CampusClark County Safe Schools Task Force has districts working together Columbian, January, 18, 2013