Veterans and youth in the justice system have something in common — trauma. California’s juvenile courts should address this trauma through treatment, not incarceration.
A sudden conversion to religious forgiveness and fiscal prudence on prison budgets? There’s a more plausible reason, one no one is talking about.
In California, people of color are more strongly represented at every stage of the criminal justice system except in decision-making roles.
On June 10th, California’s Board of State and Community Corrections will meet to finalize the request for proposals (RFP) for $500 million in adult facility construction funding. These funding decisions will unquestionably have a long-term impact for all Californians.
So it was said, almost 50 years ago, by the Kerner Commission, in their report on the riots of the 1960s. Their exact words were: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal.” And so it remains today.