juvenile justice
Governor Jerry Brown supports eliminating California’s prisons for youth offenders
“Juvenile crime rates have plunged in every major county in California from 1998 to 2010. The rates of serious youth crime are now the lowest since statewide statistics were first collected in 1954, according to the San Francisco-based Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice…”
Source: Karen de Sa, Mercury News, January 6, 2012
Rising Voices writing program now hiring formerly incarcerated women
Rising Voices supports women in staying out of jail, encouraging ensemble members to value their power as artists and agents of change, and to find meaningful ways of sharing their experiences with the community…
Source: Community Works, October 24, 2011
