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With Prop 57, Californians have voted to curb the treatment of youth as adults. Now we must reimagine the treatment of those who remain in the juvenile system.

One week after Election Day, CJCJ remains as committed to criminal justice reform as we were at our founding.

This Election Day, California voters have the opportunity to make significant changes to the state’s juvenile and criminal justice system.

Bay Area ABC 7 News’s I‑Team interviews CJCJ Executive Director Dan Macallair about several Santa Clara jail guards’ assault on Rikki Martinez. 

Prop 57 would abolish prosecutor’s ability to charge youth directly in adult court, a practice that has proven to more often impact youth of color and youth in certain counties.