San Francisco’s Executive Committee of the Community Corrections Partnership has been devising a plan for realignment and presented their model for implementation to the Board of Supervisors’ Public Safety Committee at a public hearing yesterday at City Hall. California’s Criminal Justice Realignment Bill (A.B. 109) was approved on April 4, 2011 and is set to take effect October 1, 2011. Their plan focuses on collaboration between agencies in order to best serve the new population of inmates…
Newsroom Jul 21, 2011
Associate Director Abu Qadir Al-Amin attends Connecting Communities for the Common Good
Faith and community leaders from across Colorado have been invited to join with the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Governor John Hickenlooper, other government officials and diverse nonprofit peers, for a series of innovative workshops, networking opportunities, and conversations with President Obama’s Faith-based Offices across the federal government on July 27, 2011. CJCJ’s own Abu Qadir Al-Amin will be attending this select meeting, demonstrating…
Newsroom Jul 20, 2011
San Francisco may bar employers, landlords from asking about arrests, convictions
San Francisco may bar employers, landlords from asking about arrests, convictions Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2011
I recently read an article in Yes Magazine’s “Beyond Prisons ” issue entitled, “Recipes for Recovery,” highlighting San Francisco’s own Delancey Street Foundation . Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Delancey Street is a program unlike any other– a reentry center for ex-prisoners and addicts, where the residents run the day-to-day, from housing, therapy sessions, businesses, such as their moving company and restaurant. I first learned about Delancey Street four years ago, when I…
Blog Jul 14, 2011
New report, same problems: DJF’s prolonged progress
Last week, just prior to the Farrell hearing, the Office of the Special Master released the 18th report documenting DJF’s efforts to comply with the remedial plans’ minimum standards of care. It covers the following: “¢ Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF) audit “¢ Sexual Behavior Treatment Program (SBTP ) update “¢ Integrated Behavioral Treatment Model (IBTM) “¢ ‘Use-of-force’ report “¢ Closure of Preston Youth Correctional Facility In her report, Special Master Campbell…