Next year marks the 40th anniversary of the closure of Massachusetts’ youth training schools; instigating a massive and sweeping juvenile justice reform effort led by Dr. Jerome Miller. CJCJ is celebrating Dr. Miller’s success and legacy this month, with a video blog by Dr. Miller’s close friend and former colleague, Executive Director Daniel Macallair: http://bit.ly/tNkNUn Also this month, the Annie E. Casey Foundation is holding a Symposium entitled, “Shutting Down the Massachusetts…
Counties dilemma: how to use funds for inmates San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 2011
How an electoral tweak is throwing California lobbyists into disarray KALW News, December 1, 2011
Who decides in Sacramento?
Announcing the release of CJCJ’s latest report on California’s special interest groups and criminal justice policy, Sacramento’s K‑Street Lobbyists: The criminal justice inner circle . The investigative report authored by Senior Fellow at Demos, Sasha Abramsky includes interviews with prominent lobbyists such as John Lovell, and CCPOA’s Ryan Sherman to find out what drives criminal justice policy in California. “You build up your rolodex,” he says, “you get face and name recognition…