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As California’s prison population tops 100,000, we urge policy makers to reflect upon the high costs and negative results of our reliance upon jails.
An examination of juvenile justice in the United States reveals a failed correctional model and the hope of reform.
The 1977 Determinate Sentencing Law was passed in an effort to achieve fairness and parity in sentencing in California. Thirteen years later, we have a system loaded down with African American men in the prime of their lives.
Hawaii is a state which is poised on the brink of deinstitutionalization, a state which holds real potential for the design and implementation of a model juvenile justice system.
Publications Jan 1, 1989
Reforming Hawaii’s Juvenile Correctional System: Program Recommendations to the Hawai’i Legislature
Policy recommendations following a review and evaluation of juvenile correctional programs administered by the Hawai’i Department of Corrections.