A 21st Century Criminal Justice System for Los Angeles:
A Look at the Present, a Model for the Future
and a Blueprint for Media Coverage
January 22-24, 2008

Many thanks to our participants and attendees for contributing to a successful conference.

This three-day conference examined strengths and weaknesses of L.A.’s criminal justice system, ideas for improvement and journalistic approaches to covering the complexities of crime and punishment. Civic leaders, policy makers, criminal justice practitioners, judges, scholars, advocates and community service providers shared ideas for a unified, collaborative approach to the entire system, including the prevention of gang and youth violence, rehabilitation of prisoners and reentry.
The conference was funded in part by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation.

• To view the conference program schedule, click here.
• To purchase an 8-DVD set of all conference sessions, click here.
• To comment on the conference, e-mail ijj@usc.edu.

CONFERENCE UPDATES
Bill Boyarsky	Speakers Urge Journalists to Examine Their Role in Criminal Justice Reporting - posted 2/5/2008 It was a conference on criminal justice reform that drew lawyers, judges, law enforcement officials and social service workers, but it was the role of the journalist that shared the spotlight …
Lee Baca	Participants Agree to Consider Reforms as Criminal Justice Conference Ends - posted 1/25/2008 Top criminal justice officials who took part in a three-day conference on how to improve Los Angeles’ criminal justice system agreed Thursday to continue the dialogue and help map out next steps to achieve needed reforms.
Jeanne Woodford	“Catch-and-Release” System Criticized for Lack of Rehabilitation, Reentry Programs - Posted 1/24/2008 With some Californians alarmed over the planned early release of thousands of nonviolent inmates, the former head of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said she is more troubled by the routine release of violent inmates who lack the educational and job skills to safely – and successfully – reenter the everyday world.
	YouTube: Connie Rice dissects L.A.'s gang problem- posted 1/23/2008
Connie Rice	IJJ’s Criminal Justice Conference Opens With Both Warnings and Words of Optimism - posted 1/23/2008 For Connie Rice, an attorney and architect of Los Angeles City’s landmark anti-gang report, changing a mass incarceration strategy to a public health model is critical in dealing with an “endemic epidemic” of violence on community streets.
	“Repairing the Broken Conveyor Belt” Joe Domanick's commentary about the conference.
MEDIA COVERAGE OF IJJ CONFERENCE
	Report by Frank Stoltz of KPCC-FM
	WitnessLA.com: Celeste Fremon's daily blogs
	Crime & Justice News
	USC Daily Trojan article
	Bill Boyarky: The Times and the gang epidemic
	Boyarsky: Cutbacks silence journalists
	La Opinion: Seeking a system of justice in L.A.