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?
Blog Jul 25, 2014
A New Approach for Juvenile Facilities in California
California’s Board of State and Community Corrections makes critical decisions on the future of the state’s justice-involved youth — and the public is beginning to pay attention.
Blog Jul 22, 2014
Scapegoating the Poor
The story of a single working mother who faces a decade in prison for allowing her daughter to play in a park unsupervised demonstrates our foolish reliance on incarceration and punishment as a way to poverty.
Violence trends make fools of its debaters — or would, if anyone called them to account.
Blog Jul 8, 2014
More money, more beds?
Kate McCracken discusses the upcoming allocation of $80 million dollars in construction funding for juvenile facilities in California, and suggests the state think outside the box.