Blog Sep 20, 2011
Give me that old time religion II
My last blog covered a portion of an article about a so-called “Christian” home for “troubled teens. As promised, this is a continuation of that blog. As previously noted there were several rather sad stories about the abuse suffered by teenagers in a program called New Beginnings Ministries . The writer of this story, Kathryn Joyce, noted that there are several of these kinds of “homes” that are part of an “Independent Fundamental Baptist” community that is “a web of thousands of…
Increased teen driver restrictions may not be working Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, September 19, 2011
Blog Sep 15, 2011
CA Policy: CNOA’s war on rehabilitation
My last blog featured a prominent and successful lobbyist, John Lovell, and described the influential power a lobbyist can wield by representing a collective of agencies with similar agendas. The California Narcotics Officers Association (CNOA) is yet another of the clients John Lovell has in his collection. CNOA was founded in 1964 and has approximately 7,000 members, including local, state, and federal peace officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement personnel. It has historically…
September 15, 2011 — Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee reappointed CJCJ’s Gerald Miller to serve an additional two-year term on San Francisco’s Reentry Council. Gerald has served on the Reentry Council since 2009 and continues to be a leader in progressive criminal justice and community-based reform. Congratulations Gerald!
Never have California youth been more numerous (4.2 million age 10 – 17 in the 2010 census), more racially diverse (71% now are Hispanic, black, Asian, or otherwise of color), or of recent immigrant origin. Never have youth been more uncurfewed (lowest level of policing ever recorded), uncaged (the percentage of youth incarcerated in state and local facilities has plunged to an all-time low), and underserved (budget cuts have forced spending on a wide array of youth services). Never in post-Gold…