Last week the LAO released a report entitled “Completing Juvenile Justice Realignment” . The report supports Governor Brown’s juvenile realignment proposal and calls for a staggered closure of DJF facilities while transferring funding and supervision responsibilities to the county level. The LAO notes that the state’s current two-tier system where the state supervises just 1% of incarcerated youth limits county responsibility, limits coordination of community-based…
Blog Feb 21, 2012
Part IV: Give me that old time religion [video blog]
CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow, Randall Shelden, discusses his blog series “Give me that old time religion” in this video blog. The series explores the inside of Christian homes for troubled teens and uncovers a multitude of abuses. Read the whole series here: Part I: $1cjcj.org/news/5403$4 Part II: $1cjcj.org/news/5406$4 Part III: $1cjcj.org/news/5408$4 To view Randall Shelden’s blog, please visit www.sheldensays.com
Blog Feb 16, 2012
Cops in Schools
The evidence is clear: having police on school campuses creates more problems than it solves. This evidence has been provided by a detailed report from the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) called “Education Under Arrest: The Case Against Police in Schools .” The reported noted that between 1997 and 2007 the number of “school resource officers” (SRO’s) increased by 38%, largely as a result of zero tolerance policies enacted during this time. Paralleling this growth has been the increase of…
California has long been recognized among the nation for its investment in and the priority it has assigned to providing its citizens with affordable access to higher education. However, as a result of the race to incarcerate over the past three decades, California has considerably expanded the budget allocation for corrections while simultaneously cutting the funds spent on higher education. In comparison to other states, California has the largest population, the most students in college, and…
Blog Feb 9, 2012
Ventura YCF: A stain on California
Is this really what our taxpayer dollars are paying for? Lino Silva is one of the 344 juveniles currently incarcerated at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, a 98-year-old youth facility that is crumbling beyond repair. Facing inhumane and dangerous conditions, and under the threat of reprisals from guards, Lino launched a petition drive through Change.org to improve basic living standards at the Ventura facility. Titled “A Stain on California,” Lino’s petition states…