-San Jose Mercury News, January 6, 2012 by Karen de Sá
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_19690874
“I am happy that we’re going to get rid of these terrible, old facilities,” said Barry Krisberg, a longtime state consultant now with UC Berkeley’s law school. “Having said that, though, there’s no objective information on how bad it is in counties, and how bad it’s going to be when counties take on these very challenging kids.”
-California Health Report, January 9, 2012 by Callie Shanafelt
http://www.healthycal.org/archives/6863
The youth in the system were the largest beneficiaries of realignment, Krisberg said. “It took them out of a terribly toxic environment and got them out of cages, got them out of prison cells. Got them back home into the community,” he said.