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SB 672 PASSES THE SENATE
SB 672 just passed the Senate with a vote of 24 yes and 11 no!
NEW REPORT: AB 109 FUNDS ARE DUE FOR REFORM
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 bureaucracies. Could they be used for treatment...
Facts on California Crime and Police Budgets
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 rates have fallen by 62% Violent crime rates fell by more than half, including a 68%...
Info on the Racial Justice Act
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. This law empowers anyone who went to state criminal court in California to challenge discrimination...
Ending Mass Incarceration is on the Ballot
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. While presidential campaigns get most of the attention from the news media, many lesser-known down-ballot races...
Mass Incarceration – The Whole Pie
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" gives the public and policymakers the foundation to now consider the...
AB 2178: A Pragmatic Approach to Reduce Prison Spending—Regardless of Prop 36’s Outcome
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 Ting’s Bill Clears California Legislature,...
Editorial: Parole consideration for those sentenced to life behind bars 35 years ago? It’s the right thing to do
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 and return to tougher punishments. Democrats are split between continuing...
Justice Department Announces Civil Rights Investigation into Correctional Staff Sexual Abuse at Two California Prisons
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 by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...
STOP LYING ABOUT CRIME IN CALIFORNIA
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 left-wing sources are peddling a false narrative that California is awash in...