Leaving the Past Behind: Sealing Juvenile Records
Opinion Piece By Antonia Cartwright. Justice-involved youth across the nation may experience extended harmful effects from punitive policies regarding their juvenile records, whether they are likely to...
View ArticleCommentary: The Dangers of Criminalizing Childhood Scuffles
By John Lash. I was a reasonably well behaved child. I got in a little trouble at school and home, but nothing unusual. I even got into a few fights, but they were brief and I was usually on the losing...
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Fresno County: Adult Arrests and Incarceration
By Mike Males. Fresno County, situated in California’s Central Valley, has a projected 2014 population of 972,724 (Demographic Research Unit, 2014). Fresno is the largest city in the country with an...
View ArticleA New Approach for Juvenile Facilities in California
By Kate McCracken. A non-descript, seemingly unimportant building in Sacramento is the location of a series of meetings that will determine how California allocates nearly $80 million for local...
View ArticleClearing the Path Ahead: One Step Towards Improving Reentry in California
By Aaron Juchau. Last month, California passed a $156.4 billion budget, which included a provision thatlifts the lifetime ban on CalWORKS (welfare) and CalFresh (food stamps) for people with felony...
View ArticleAfter Realignment: A Need for Proportional Sentencing and Treatment Programs
By Courtney Lam. America’s ‘tough on crime’ policies, including harsh sentencing laws, have resulted in the world’s largest prison population. These practices have generated a costly system of mass...
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Is California Finally Figuring Out Drugs?
By Mike Males. California’s last half-century of deadly, mood-altering drugs has been a roller coaster of barbiturates, heroin, speed, cocaine, methamphetamine, and now pharmaceutical opiates (see...
View ArticleCommentary: A “Third System” for Incarcerated Young Adults
By Erica Webster. In recent years, juvenile justice advocates across the country have been considering the idea of a separate, distinct “young adult justice” system for young people ages 18 to 25. The...
View ArticlePreteen Crime is Disappearing from California
By Mike Males. Childhood arrest is vanishing from California, an astounding validation of progressive ideals with revolutionary implications for the entire criminal justice system. Notice the ripple...
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