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| CDCR Juvenile Prisons May Close |
| By informant.kalwnews.org |
| Published: 02/08/2011 |
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Governor Jerry Brown has been throwing out some seemingly radical proposals about the future of corrections in California since he took office. Most of them involve taking responsibilities that are currently handled by the state and moving them to the counties. Why? On its surface, the Governor says the general move to localism will save money. In the criminal justice arena, localism–or “community-based corrections”–is also a big rallying point for reformers. On Wednesday night’s Crosscurrents, we reported on the debate over closing the California Division of Juvenile Justice, the state’s youth correctional system. One of the most interesting things about the debate is that people who agree on almost everything do not agree on whether or not to shut down the DJJ. Specifically, Barry Krisberg, of the Earl Warren Institute at Berkeley Law and Dan Macallair, of the Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice, are on different sides of few issues other than this one. Their different takes on the issue break down to two big questions: Read More. |
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