Administration of Justice update 2/28/2014
Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment Website Goes Live
As of today, upcoming events, materials, and archived agendas will be available on a new website created by the Assembly for the 13-member Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment. The committee is co-chaired by current Assembly Public Safety Committee Chair Tom Ammiano and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Public Safety Chair Reginald Jones-Sawyer.
Over the last couple of months, the committee has met a number of times to discuss a wide variety of criminal justice issues involving California’s longtime criminal justice and prison challenges.
A hearing held today in Los Angeles will continue that work by focusing on Southern California programming efforts for incarcerated offenders and newly released individuals.
To read today’s agenda and peruse the committee website, please click here.
Training Opportunity—Joint Training Partnership
Facillity Construction and Liability in a Post Realignment World
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 (8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
The training session is designed to provide those county stakeholders in the criminal justice system with specific strategies to minimize liability and guide the construction of criminal justice facilities. County stakeholders are encouraged to attend as teams, particularly those considering construction or renovating jails, day reporting centers, or community corrections centers.
This session offers diverse county perspectives and focuses on four main areas, including:
- The impact of realignment on facility construction;
- Determining county needs;
- Getting shovels in the ground: A 360º perspective; and
- Tips for managing the construction process from key authorities.
To Register, Please click here!
REGISTRATION FEES: $100/ individual, includes course materials
and lunch.Please make CHECKS payable to
CPOCF.ATTN: Liz Moralez-Rodriguez
Chief Probation Officers of California Foundation
1415 L Street, Suite 1000
Sacramento, CA 95814
Special Capitol Screening/Panel Discussion About Re-Entry Impacts on Families
State Senator Mark Leno is hosting a special State Capitol
screening of a film and convening a panel discussion that
explores the impact on families when people with criminal
backgrounds are released back home. “Children of Reentry: The
impacts of post-incarceration release on children and families
is
sponsored by the California Homeless Youth Project, California
Research Bureau, California Council on Youth Relations and New
America Media.
- WHEN: Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- WHERE: Capitol Building, Room 3191
- WHAT: Documentary shorts, expert panel, and discussion
Please join Senator Mark Leno, public safety stakeholders, and
youth filmmakers for a forum and discussion on a critical and
often neglected population: the children of prisoners.
Co-sponsored by the California Homeless Youth Project and the
California Council of Youth Relations, the panel will feature San
Francisco Probation Chief Wendy Still, author and White House
Champion of Change honoree Nell Bernstein, and formerly
incarcerated individuals alongside their children.
Click here to RSVP.
Mini-documentaries produced by New America Media will showcase individual family stories, and the panel will be followed by an audience discussion on the impact of re-entry on children, and how children and family bonds can be strengthened post-incarceration in order to ensure long-term success and stronger, healthier communities. For more info, please contact: Nicole Hudley