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US Attorney General Eric Holder Praises the Work of the California Cities Gang Prevention Network
The 4th annual meeting of the California Cities Gang Prevention Network was honored by a very special keynote address by the US Attorney General, Eric Holder. His address to a room full of city leaders, community activists, police chiefs, and members from the research and prevention fields touched on the widespread problem of youth exposed to violence and the importance of families and communities in improving outcomes for youth. He stressed that law enforcement cannot do the job alone and praised the Network for its diverse partnerships and collaborative efforts, especially in the face of budget shortfalls.
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Recollections of an American Childbirth in Prison
August 26, 2010
This blog post was written by Dee Ann Newell, founder of Arkansas Voices—For the Children Left Behind and Soros Fellow, who works on behalf of children of incarcerated parents in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dee Ann is a 2003 PASS Award recipient and has a long history of working with NCCD. This post tells the story of one woman’s experience with the inhumane practice of shackling incarcerated women to their hospital beds during childbirth.
What’s Left to Take Away?
July 8, 2010
In May, the Sacramento Bee published a series of articles about California’s use of a new and disturbing form of punitive incarceration: Behavioral Management Units (BMUs). (See the series here: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/09/2737459/the-public-eye-guards-accused.html?mi_rss=Investigations.) Over the past five years, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) quietly opened up a series of these units within six different state prisons specifically to house problem prisoners. CDCR officials say they originally intended the units to provide intensive therapy and anger management programs in an effort to keep problem prisoners out of more restrictive, long-term solitary confinement units elsewhere in the state.
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Recent Publications
Critique of Maryland's Population Forecast: No Call for a New Youth Detention Facility
Focus
July 2010
Listen to the WYPR podcast that references this report and see NCCD in the News for press.
Assessing the Enhanced Ranch Program of the Santa Clara County Probation Department
Special Report
May 2010
In Search of Evidence-Based Practice in Juvenile Corrections
Evaluation
April 2010
Healthy Returns Initiative: Strengthening Mental Health Services in the Juvenile Justice System
Report
February 2010
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