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Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) (San Francisco CA)

  • Jail Population Management Strategies in a Post-Realignment Era

    “In 2011, California adopted AB 109 Public Safety Realignment requiring counties to assume responsibility for low-level offenders.

  • Pretrial Services: An Effective Alternative to Monetary Bail

    "In an attempt to reduce jail overcrowding, attention is turning to the 63 percent of people held in county jails who have not been convicted of a