Justice System Change Initiative

Mentoring program offers Kern County offenders a pathway away from jail
150 150 Nadine Ono

Promising partnership with county and nonprofit having impact on high rate of return to jail by the formerly incarcerated.

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San Diego job center uses employment to prevent a return behind bars
150 150 Nadine Ono

Participants in reentry program receive workshops, employment services, even the loan of business attire.

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Report: Reforming felony threshold for theft would not increase crime rates
150 150 Nadine Ono

New data shows that states could likely reduce costs of incarceration without a negative impact on crime.

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Sentencing Reform and Redemption, California Style
150 150 Jim Mayer

In correcting a mistake with sentencing reform, Governor Brown’s move could open the door to create cost-effective, smart and humane criminal justice strategies in California.

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How culture shift and data redefined probation success in Riverside County
150 150 Nadine Ono

Focusing on results and data helped staff rethink about what their department could do to lessen the burden on the jails.

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CA Fwd and Riverside County put data to work on jail overcrowding
150 150 Nadine Ono

The county probation department successfully used data analysis to create a 25 percent reduction in probation violations since spring of 2014.

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VIDEO: CA Fwd webinar Engaging the Community in Public Safety Realignment
150 150 John Guenther

Playback of recent webinar on how counties can effectively engage the public with their realignment efforts in order to improve the community-based approach to public safety.

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