The Center for Media and Democracy’s ( http://www.prwatch.org/ ) “ALEC Exposed” page contains an eye-opening roster of how bad prison and juvenile justice legislation took off like wildfire around the country beginning in the 1980s. The Center obtained more than 800 pieces of “model legislation” circulated to lawmakers by the secretive, corporate/lobby-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), including many concerning prison and juvenile justice policy. Those interested in laws…
Jul 22, 2011
Maryland Youth Curfew Bill Brings Protests
Maryland Youth Curfew Bill Brings Protests Epoch Times, July 21, 2011
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…
CJCJ in the News 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…
San Francisco may bar employers, landlords from asking about arrests, convictions Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2011