Blog Aug 19, 2014
Violence Prevention has a New Champion
After seven amazing years of dedicated work, Kate McCracken, CJCJ’s Director of Policy and Development, will be moving her efforts into a specific violence prevention role as a Senior Planner and Policy Analyst with the San Francisco Mayor’s Office.
In a post-Realignment era, enacting sentences proportional to crimes and treatment programs are the next step in addressing concerns about increasing jail populations and public safety.
Blog Aug 7, 2014
Is California Finally Figuring Out Drugs?
“No state has embraced both illegal drugs and the official wars thereon like California,” writes Mike Males. After a roller coaster half-century, the state may finally be on its way to good drug policy.
California recently lifted the ban on access to welfare for people with felony drug convictions. Though a strong step in the right direction, many obstacles remain for this vulnerable population.
Blog Jul 29, 2014
California’s Radical Youth Trends
Huge reductions in youth incarceration, huge increases in populations of youth of color — and huge reductions in youth crime. Who knew?