The impending closure of California’s long-troubled juvenile prison system, the Division of...
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New Report Says CA Endangers Kids in State’s Youth Prisons As COVID Round 2 Continues to Rise
A new report and accompanying fact sheet from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ)...
Governor Signs Bill to Close State’s Troubled & Systemically Racist Youth Prisons With an Ambitious Plan to Reimagine CA’s Youth Justice System
At approximately 4:42 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, September 30, Governor Gavin...
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...