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Tonight, August 7th at 8pm CARES for Youth Call guest Dawn Davison, former California state prison warden
Join CARES for Youth when we welcome retired California state prison warden Dawn Davison to the CARES call. With over 30 years at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Ms. Davison worked at California Institute for Women, -
SB 1391 passes in the Assembly Public Safety Committee!
Senate Bill 1391 passed in the CA Assembly Committee on Public Safety on June 26th, with a 5-2 vote. It is now headed to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
We had a successful day of visits with Assembly More »
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Bill to End California Sending 14- & 15-Year-Olds to the Adult Criminal System to be Voted on!
An important effort to end the trying of youth as adults is headed to a committee vote on June 26th! Help SB 1391 pass by clicking here for easy-to-use letters of support.
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Tuesday, June 19th at 8pm CARES for Youth Call guest Shaka Senghor
Shaka Senghor tells his story of redemption and vision as the new director of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition.
He was powerful in his TED Talk, powerful in an interview with Oprah, and he’ll be powerful, here, too. Shaka is More » -
Join the CARES Call June 5th at 8pm
Sexual abuse. Sex trafficking. Violence against girls.
In a perverse twist of justice, many girls who experience abuse are routed into the justice system because of their victimization. Violence against girls is a painfully American tale. Our guests on Tuesday will talk More » -
GREAT NEWS!
This week the California Senate Passed SB 1391! It means California is one step closer to ending the practice of sending kids under age 16 to the adult criminal system. Next, it must be heard by the Assembly.
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Human Rights Watch Report on California
When I Die, They'll Send Me Home: Youth Sentenced to Life without Parole in California - 2012 update (PDF) finds that in many cases where juveniles were prosecuted with an adult, the youth received heavier sentences than their adult codefendants.
