News from Ella Baker Center

January 15, 2012 — In the last decade, California has closed 8 of its 11 juvenile facilities and successfully turned responsibility for holding and treating nonviolent offenders over to the counties, where they can have more contact with their families and their chances for a smooth reintegration after release are higher. [Read More]

January 6, 2012 — Today, Governor Brown proposed to close the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) youth prisons. Brown’s 2012-2013 budget proposes that the DJJ stop taking youth beginning in 2013, eventually eliminating the state’s three remaining youth prisons. [Read More]

December 13, 2011 — Watch our final event celebrating our 15th anniversary. Legacies of People-Power featured a panel with Dolores Huerta, Miss Major, Cathy Cade, Ericka Huggins, and Barbara Ransby on 12/13/11. [Watch Now]

SF Examiner (February 14, 2012) — BART police are adopting a more community-oriented law enforcement strategy, designed to increase officer accountability and help identify systemic crime problems.

La Opinion (February 12, 2012) — "Entre más cerca estén los presos de sus comunidades y familias y los condados los apoyen con programas innovadores, tienen la ventaja de no reincidir", consideró.

East Bay Express (February 9, 2012) — The Ella Baker Center teamed up with KQED and Independent Television Service to host tonight's screening, which will include a panel discussion with Ceasefire members, Youth ALIVE!, California Youth Outreach, and Ella Baker Center representative Abel Habtergeorgis.

Huffington Post (September 2, 2011) — In a sustainable, healthy economy, people shouldn't have to settle for grey jobs. Fortunately, Jerry Brown has a plan to fight unemployment and put more Californians to work fixing up houses and apartments to reduce energy consumption -- the renewal and reform of the Public Goods Charge.

Daily News, Los Angeles (August 22, 2011) — Before my son got locked up, he was healthy. Being locked up for more than 21 hours and sometimes more than 23 hours a day made my son sick. He is physically deteriorating. His speech is slower and he seems distant now.

KALW (June 15, 2011) — It’s been a violent year in Oakland so far – both homicides and shootings are up about a third over last year’s numbers. And, throughout the year, various editorials have called for different solutions to the uptick in violence.