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Recent News

Cases, Legislation Reshape Juvenile Sentencing (Daily Journal, 10/3/12)
The Cost of Living Apart by Richard Rothstein (The American Prospect, 8/22/12)
Investing in Youth of Color (KQED Forum Interview with Jorge Ruiz de Velasco, 8/10/12)
Frisk Plan in Out, Questions Don’t Stop (San Francisco Chronicle, 8/8/12)
Obama’s Next Immigration Battle: Local, Federal Authorities on Collision Course over Detention (Time Magazine, 7/16/12)
States of Delinquency (Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books, 7/12)
S.F. Ahead of the Curve on Jail Realignment (San Francisco Chronicle 7/16/12)
Jail Shift Makes Waves in California (Wall Street Journal, 7/8/12)
Nation's first 'anti-Arizona' law likely headed to Gov. Jerry Brown's office (Contra Costa Times, 7/6/12)
Why did California reject new limits on solitary confinement for juveniles? (Huffington Post, 7/3/12)
He's looked at life from both sides now - or has he? Arne Duncan claims the high ground, but school clinics still face needless obstacles by Richard Rothstein (Economic Policy Institute, 2/26/12)
Russell K. Robinson's brief noted in LA Weekly, Academy Award Winners Haven't Included Latino Actors, Nonwhite Actresses in 10 Years (LA Weekly, 2/26/12)
Racial segregation continues, and even intensifies by Richard Rothstein (Economic Policy Institute, 2/3/12)
Gov. Jerry Brown calls for historic shuttering of state's notorious youth prison system (San Jose Mercury News, 1/6/2012)

Money Refused Could Become Money Owed (New York Times, Bay Citizen, 12/31/11)
Juvenile offenders: Cuts put counties on the spot (San Francisco Chronicle, 12/26/11)
State trigger cuts could put Alameda County in a $6.2 million bin (Oakland Tribune, 12/19/11)
California Begins Moving Prison Inmates (New York Times, 10/8/11)
State Prisoners Move to Counties (KQED Radio, 10/6/11)
California’s New Prison Policy Has Some Skeptics (NPR, 9/29/11)
A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future (KQED Radio, 9/30/11)
Barry Krisberg Discusses How California Prison Costs Prompt Reform (American Public Media, Marketplace, June 6, 11)
LA Times Op Ed by Barry Krisberg and Jeanne Woodford: Don't Fear the Prison Decision (5/31/2011)
Barry Krisberg on KQED Forum: Crime Rate Drop (May 26, 11)
Jeanne Woodford on KQED Forum with Michael Krasny (May 16, 11)
Former California Prisons Leader Joins Fight Against Death Penalty (L.A. Times, 5/12/11)
Media Advisory: Legal Scholars Weigh in on "Secure Communities" Controversy in California (5/10/11)
Juvenile Justice Shift to Put Strain on the Counties (S.F. Chronicle, 5/4/11)
KQED Radio Interview with Andrea Russi about the Barry Bonds Trial (4/13/11)
Closing the Door on Juvenile Lockups (The American Prospect, 3/29/11)
Barry Krisberg talks about Brown's Plan to Shut Down Youth Prisons (California Watch, 3/14/11)