Ashker v. Brown: Guest Post by Hali Ford
A long line of high school students filed into the courthouse at 2 o’clock. One attorney told me she had never seen such a turn out for oral arguments. Judge
Litigating Solitary Confinement: Class Certification in Ashker v. Brown – Guest post by Brittany Stonesifer
Around a hundred people – family members, activists, lawyers, reporters, and even a group of high school history students – gathered yesterday outside the Oakland Courthouse to advocate an end
Tonight, 7-8, KALW City Visions: Program on Reentry
This evening, 7-8, on KALW – please tune in!
California Realignment Resources
This post will be continuously updated and serve as a bibliography of published works and works in progress on the California Criminal Justice Realignment. If you are working on similar
Researching the California Criminal Justice Realignment
I am in Seattle, WA, for the West Coast Law and Society Retreat, where we just finished a panel examining various perspectives on the criminal justice realignment. The panel featured
On Gov. Brown’s Desk
Gov. Brown signing a bill. Photocourtesy the Examiner. The legislative session has ended, and many criminal justice bills are on Governor Brown’s desk, awaiting his signature or veto. Here are
Ashker v. Brown: Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Seeking Class Certification
The struggle against long-term solitary confinement continues even after the end of the hunger strike. A group of inmates is suing Gov. Brown and CDCR, hoping for an injunction to
BREAKING NEWS: Ban the Box Passes Senate Floor!
Thanks to your efforts, phone calls, and lobbying, Ban the Box has passed the Senate Floor, 21-16, and will now go to the Governor. Good things can happen when good
Ban the Box Needs Your Help!
Cheauvon, and other honest and accountable formerly incarcerated people who are looking for work and want to take responsibility for their lives, need YOUR help! AB 218, otherwise known as
New CJCJ Data: The Problem is in the Counties
Jerry, hold your horses; perhaps a comprehensive state plan is not what we need. New fact sheets produced by CJCJ based on data from CDCR and the Criminal Justice Statistics