Barry Krisberg quoted in Daily Journal, May 23, 2013 (registration required)

“It opens up scrutiny to county facilities, which is badly needed,” said Barry Krisberg, senior fellow at UC Berkeley School of Law’s Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy. “I mean, essentially these are largely unregulated practices.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in The New York Times, May 3, 2013

Barry Krisberg, a senior fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, who specializes in juvenile justice, said he was concerned about the city’s uneven investment in group homes over community programs. “The national trend is moving kids home to their families with enhanced, wraparound services,” he said.

Barry Krisberg quoted on NPR, April 30, 2013

“The legal arguments that the state is putting forward make no sense,” says Barry Krisberg, who teaches law at the University of California, Berkeley. He says it was unlikely that the same appellate court that ordered the state to reduce its prison population would have a change of heart. “And I don’t see what’s the logic in picking a fight now, particularly a fight you can’t win.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 2013

Barry Krisberg, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert on California’s prisons who testified in the 2011 Supreme Court case, said it was unlikely the state would succeed in its appeals because of that 2011 ruling. “He can’t win these cases,” Mr. Krisberg said, referring to the governor. “In my view, it’s nearly impossible to go to the same Supreme Court and within a year ask them the same question.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, April 17, 2013

And of those 50 states, only a handful collate data at a state level, said Barry Krisberg … author of a 2012 evaluation of nearly 100 JDAI sites. He admitted that his study was not and could not be completely rigorous because of incomplete data and the impossibility of designing a proper randomized experiment.

Barry Krisberg quoted in New American Media, April 15, 2013

“Historically, gun violence among young Asians is actually very low, often gang-related,” said Barry Krisberg. “There are fewer Asian gangs and they’re not as big as in Latino or black communities.” Even youth incarceration has declined, according to Krisberg…. “More recent immigrants—Southeast Asians who went through horrible experiences as refugees—have higher rates than other Asians.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in The Times-Picayune, April 9, 2013

A 1995 federal law, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, “specifies all kinds of things that have to happen both in terms of lawsuits and limitations on the powers of the federal court to oversee prisons and jails,” said Krisberg…. “It says that you’ve promised to make changes, but you’ve failed to make changes after substantial periods of time. Judges are extraordinarily reluctant to do this.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in KQED News Fix blog, February 12, 2013

“Most violent crimes are solved when citizens come forward and tell the police what they know,” Krisberg says. “And that’s why the relationship between the police and the community is so critical. The community has to trust the police; they have to feel like they and the police are on the same side.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in East Bay Express, January 16, 2013

The Determinate Sentencing Law affixed set prison terms to every crime. So, for example, a burglary conviction results automatically in a sentence of two, four, or six years in prison depending on the circumstances of the crime. “The idea is, do the crime, do the time,” explained Barry Krisberg…. “There’s no role for rehabilitation in it.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2013

“This is a difficult population. These are kids who have done very serious crimes, often violent crimes,” said Barry Krisberg, a consultant to the state. “They have significant mental health problems and drug abuse problems.”