Alameda County Reimagining Juvenile Justice Forum

Board of Supervisor, Richard Valle, and Chief Probation Officer, Wendy Still, hosted the Forum on Reimagining Juvenile Justice on Thursday, October 22, 2020 and Friday, October 23, 2020

With the current environmental, health, social, and economic crisis, governments at all levels have been faced with increased social safety-net need and diminishing revenues. These drivers accelerated the State of California’s conversations and ultimate decision to close the Division of Juvenile Justice through Senate Bill 823. It is with these major factors that the Board of Supervisors and the Probation Department held a two-day virtual forum on Reimagining Juvenile Justice in Alameda County.

The focus of the forum was to provide important information on the landscape of juvenile justice, current reform efforts, up-to-date juvenile demographic data and trends, and panel discussions on the impacts of SB 823 and reimagining the juvenile justice system to best serve our youth and communities.

Please see the agenda below and for more details you may click on the pods to the right for the respective date you are interested in viewing. You can also view the biographies of the speakers under the respective days for which they made presentations or participated in panels.

The Forum was an important opportunity to hear from experts in the criminal justice field. Additionally, it provided an opportunity for organizations and the public to be involved in the ongoing dialogue about juvenile justice reform in Alameda County.