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Coalition for Juvenile Justice

California



Member Info Member Publications General State Information

Publications and Web-Based Resources

New! Family Communication and Youth Rehabilitation Act, California S.B. 1250, September, 2008
New! Juvenile Justice Reform: Realigning Responsibilities, Little Hoover Commission, California, July, 2008
SB 1469 2006 Medi-Cal Enrolment for Youth Leaving Detention
SB 518 2007 Bill of Rights for Youth
SB 81 2007 Bill to Reduce Population of State Youth Prisons
SB 999 2007 Bill to End Juvenile Life Without Parole
New! Settlement of L.H. v. Schwarzenegger, California, June 4, 2008

State Data Profiles

National Center for Juvenile Justice

National Center for Children in Poverty

Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count

State Government Contacts


State Juvenile Justice Specialist:
Ms. Connie Lucero
Corrections Standards Authority, Corrections Planning and Programs Division, Corrections Consultant
600 Bercut Drive
Sacramento CA, 95811
Phone: 916-341-7392
Email: Connie.Lucero@cdcr.ca.gov
Web Site: [Go to web site]

State Advisory Group Chair:
Mimi H. Silbert
Delancey Street Foundation
600 The Embarcadero
San Francisco CA, 94107
Phone: 415-512-5190



Fast Facts
African-American (43%) and Latino (37%) youth are more likely than White youth (26%) to receive a sentence of incarceration, as opposed to a split sentence or probation. [more facts]


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