At approximately 4:42 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, September 30, Governor Gavin...
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Oversight Essential as State Shifts Youth Justice Role to CA’s Counties
Young people and their allies have grown increasingly concerned that the state may fail to fully...
With a Huge COVID-19 Spike In CA’s Dangerous Youth Prisons, Why Did the Governor Ask Counties to Keep Sending More Kids?
COVID-19 is spiking in California’s youth prisons. And the upward climb has yet to stop. As...
New COVID-19 outbreak at one of California’s Youth Prisons—As Counties Resume Sending Kids Into the State’s Long-Broken System
Now that the state's counties are again sending kids to the state's youth prisons, it appears that...
New Board Of Supes Motion Proposes to Use Closing Of DJJ to “Transform Youth Justice in California”
The news that Governor Gavin Newsom intends to permanently close California’s Division of...
Op-Ed: California’s Closure of DJJ Is a Victory—But With Significant Challenges
Simply handing DJJ youth over to the county probation departments is not reason enough alone to...