Tagged With "CDCR"
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Governor Newsom To Replace Head Of State’s Youth Justice System Chuck Supple. So Now Who Will Run The DJJ? [witnessla.com]
By Celeste Fremon, Witness LA, September 17, 2019 On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced he would be replacing the top person at California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), which is the state’s youth lock-up system that Newsom wants to see reformed. The division’s present leader, Director Chuck Supple, will be “stepping down effective immediately citing health reasons,” according to the statement released by the governor’s office. Director Supple was appointed as Director of DJJ in...
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Prison Admissions Resume as COVID-19 Spreads [ppic.org]
By Heather Harris, Public Policy Institute of California, June 12, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis triggered an eight-week moratorium on prison admissions that helped reduce California’s prison population to a level not seen for more than 25 years. On May 26—as demonstrations decrying police violence and systemic racial inequality spread across the nation—California resumed admitting prison inmates. Resuming admissions without also accelerating prison releases could reverse the latest reductions in...