In Memoriam: Barry Krisberg
eulogy prepared for a memorial panel at the American Society of Criminology 2024 Annual Meeting In 2009, when we held our first California Correctional Crisis conference shortly after the order
New Policy re Good Time Credits toward Release at CDCR: Truth, Misrepresentation, and Panic
On Friday afternoon, CDCR announced an amendment to its regulations regarding the earning of good time credits. It’s always important to pay attention to such regulations, because as Kevin Reitz,
BSCC Publishes Data on COVID-19 in Jails
Finally, the BSCC has published its COVID-19 data on juvenile and adult county facilities. But don’t rejoice yet: it’s very sparse. For Alameda County, Santa Rita Jail is still seeing
The Prefrontal Cortex Strikes Again: Bill to Raise Age for Trying Juveniles as Adults to 20
The Sac Bee reports:A California lawmaker argues that 18- and 19-year-olds aren’t mature enough to do prison time if they break the law, and so she has submitted a bill
Which Juveniles May Be Tried As Adults? CA Supreme Court to Decide
A legislative clash regarding the prosecution of juveniles in adult courts has reached the California Supreme Court. Bob Egelko of the Chron reports: At issue is whether youths under 16
Today in the Senate: Abolishing Solitary for Juveniles?
SB 61, proposed by Leland Yee and scheduled to be voted on today in the Senate, aims at abolishing solitary confinement for juvenile inmates, except for periods not exceeding 24