California Forward
As part of the ongoing work of the Partnership for Community Excellence, we take a look at the data between crime rates, recidivism and jail capacity and what that relationship means for the world we all live in.
read moreA conference at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management tackled the effects of early education on job skills and workforce issues
read moreIn the second installment of the series, Michael G. Santos discusses his journey through prison and how he focused all of his time on reconciling with society and using his vantage point on the inside to learn more about the criminal justice system.
read moreToday the Partnership for Community Excellence released a report that details several steps counties could take aimed at reducing their pretrial detainee population and increasing the overall efficiency in how that population is processed and ultimately save significant budget money.
read moreTwenty five years ago, Michael G. Santos was convicted for trafficking cocaine. He reformed himself in prison and because of realignment, is able to spend the final year of his sentence in a halfway house in San Francisco. Here is the start of his story.
read moreRecently, there has been a flurry of media activity aimed at assessing whether California Realignment is making any real progress. We think that for the most part, the media are getting it wrong.
read moreRecidivism is down and more inmates are reporting to the probation officers than before, but some county officials bristle at having so many offenders “dumped” into their laps without enough time to plan or react.
read moreAs early data show positive signs, restructuring has the California government poised to tackle realignment with a new look
read moreRealignment is about trying something different, trying to get the best results at the best price and ignoring the need for instant gratification.
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