-The Daily Journal, May 28, 2010 by Sandra Hernandez
http://www.dailyjournal.com/ (requires registration; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for article)
“There is no uniform screening test or tool for even diagnosing severe mental health conditions such as a juvenile who is bipolar or schizophrenic.”
-The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 30, 2010 by Jeff McDonald
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/30/more-state-parolees-getting-less-supervision/
“They’re being asked to manage an extraordinary number of people,” Barry Krisberg, a distinguished senior fellow at the University of California Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, said of the corrections system. “People get released who shouldn’t be released. Then you have people who should have been released but stay longer. The system can’t even manage the basics.”
-The Bay Citizen, May 31, 2010 by Angela Kilduff, Robert Rogers, Steve Saldivar and Karen McIntyre
http://www.baycitizen.org/prisons/story/children-chowchilla/
“California locks up more women, and more mothers, than any other state in America,” said Barry Krisberg…. “The collateral consequences are substantial.”
-The Crime Report, May 31, 2010 by Barry Krisberg
http://thecrimereport.org/2010/05/31/the-slow-march-to-justice-for-children/
There is growing evidence that children placed in prisons and jails are more likely than adults to commit suicide, to be subject to rape, and that the minors spend more of their confinement time in segregation. Moreover, there are many juveniles sentenced to long prison terms for non-lethal behavior, such as conspiracy or alleged gang involvement. But there is no credible research supporting the theory that these harsh penalties increase public safety.