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CJCJ has released an addendum to its February 2012 report entitled, Charging Youths as Adults in California: A county by county analysis of prosecutorial direct file practices . The purpose of the addendum is to highlight recently discovered limitations with the current state methods for collecting data on direct filing and to urge District Attorneys to proactively ensure that accurate data is submitted to the state’s official database. Please find the addendum here:…

Hundreds of Kids Arrested on an Unproven Hunch Voice of San Diego, March 112012

The San Francisco Youth Commission and Police Commission are uniting on March 7, 2012 to hold a Hearing on youth-police interactions.” The hearing will be held in City Hall, Board of Supervisors Legislative Chambers, Room 250 at 6:00 pm. RSVP required. See attached flyer for more details. CJCJ Executive Director Daniel Macallair will discuss San Francisco’s juvenile crime trends at the hearing. His handouts can be found here: ~ San Francisco youth crime at record low ~…

Group Supports Local Juvenile Justice Focus KRON 4 Weekend News, March 42012

If you missed CJCJ’s Communications Specialist Selena Teji discussing rational and effective juvenile justice realignment strategies last week on the radio, you can still go to KQED’s archived link to Phasing Out Juvenile Justice ” to catch up on the conversation. But make sure you do not miss her again; watch Selena’s presentation this weekend on KRON 4 and learn all about CJCJ’s juvenile justice realignment recommendations. Tune in to KRON 4 at 8:15am Sunday…