CJCJ in the News Oct 6, 2016
New report shows fewer juveniles are being arrested for violent felonies
KBFX Bakersfield interviews CJCJ’s Mauren Washburn about a new CJCJ report on dramatic decreases in California’s youth crime.
The Christian Science Monitor highlights CJCJ’s Youth Justice Mentoring Program (YJM) and features interviews from clients and mentors about the impact of a caring adult role model.
The Los Angeles Daily News highlights CJCJ’s new report which finds that Proposition 47’s criminal justice reforms do not correlate with county-level crime changes in 2015.
CJCJ’s executive director pens an op-ed for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) on the lessons to be learned from the failures of California’s state youth corrections system.
New America Media quotes CJCJ’s Nisha Ajmani on the ineffectiveness of mental health treatment for youth in detention for whom detention is often re-traumatizing.