This week we reported on the ongoing COVID spike inside California’s prison facilities, where...
DJJ Watch
Low staff vax rate, a superspreader event, plus lax enforcement of basic COVID precautions results in a new & dangerous virus outbreak in CA’s youth prisons
The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), California’s youth prison system, is in the midst of...
As CA’s youth prisons move toward shutdown, conditions for hundreds of kids still in residence have gotten disturbingly worse
In a new report just released by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, researchers describe...
Closing CA’s youth prisons the right way means adequately funding oversight of youth justice “realignment” to the counties
Last fall, when Governor Newsom signed SB 823 into law in order to gradually close...
Op-Ed: California Can’t Waver on the Governor’s Promise for Youth Justice Realignment
I know about the trauma, abuse and neglect that happen every day across the state’s network of...
On June 30, 2023, CA’s Youth Prisons Will Close Their Doors, But Right Now There Are Essential Steps to Be Taken for Youth Safety
Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2021-22 state budget nails down plans for the closure of the...