Recently, PCJP Director, Professor Heidi Rummel joined Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman and Dave Lewis, a longtime corrections leader, for a conversation on “The Evolution of Crime and Punishment in California: What’s Next?” moderated by Joe Garcia, reporter for CalMatters. The discussion was covered in the Los Angeles Times.…
NYT Contributing Opinion Writer Rachel Snyder wrote an important piece on a California lawsuit keeping some Californians in prison despite having earned parole and being deemed safe for release to the community. The suit undermines reforms passed by the voters of California under the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, or Prop…
Former PCJP client Norma Cumpian, who came home in 2010, was recently the subject of a feature story in The Sacramento Bee. The piece describes Norma’s journey to freedom and beyond as “a case study in how America’s understanding of domestic violence and treatment of prisoners has shifted and how a mother’s love for her son came to motivate life inside prison and out.”
Through litigation and, most broadly, through legislation, PCJP has led the way toward hope for incarcerated youth. Since 2008, PCJP has written or co-sponsored nearly every juvenile justice bill in California.