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SB 672 just passed the Senate with a vote of 24 yes and 11 no!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 24th, 2025 CONTACT: Tina Curiel, cjcjmedia@cjcj.org, (415) 621-5661 x. 103 NEW REPORT: AB 109 FUNDS ARE DUE FOR REFORM AB 109 funds continue to support bloated law enforcement […]

CRIME IS DOWN. YOUTH ARRESTS ARE DOWN. YOUTH JUSTICE TRENDS, AS PERCENT OF POPULATION AGES 10-17, 1990-2023 Comparing 1990 to 2024 shows: Property crime rates have fallen by 65% Theft […]

Info on the RJA provided by the Ella Baker Center (ABC):  The California Racial Justice Act or “RJA” is a landmark law in California to confront racism in the courts. […]

by Mike Wessler A guide to how 19 offices you may be asked to vote on can help end mass incarceration in America. Election Day is right around the corner. […]

This report and comprehensive graphic provide the big picture: over 1.9 million people are locked up in more than 6,000 correctional facilities operated by thousands of agencies. The “whole pie” […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Brian Kaneda | CURB | brian@curbprisonspending.org | 323.273.5000 August 28th, 2024 AB 2178: A Pragmatic Approach to Reduce Prison Spending—Regardless of Prop 36’s Outcome Assemblymember […]

By The Times Editorial Board Aug. 27, 2024 Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The crime-and-punishment debate has shifted again. Republican politicians generally want to end the reform era […]

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs The Justice Department announced today that it has opened an investigation into the conditions of two prison facilities operated […]

Reforms Did Not Bring More Crime. Rates Are Near Record Lows. Mike Males, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice July 2024 Research Brief Both right- and […]