what he really accomplished

what he really accomplished

Community Service Officers seem like cops to me.

What Community do these Officers Service?
And, it what ways?

Nicholas and I spoke on the evening of April 16. He was in Santa Cruz for the Northern California Peace Centers Conference, and was a presenter at the Conference.

The California Youth Authority has been coming under fire as of late, after several recent incidents of violence and abuse of authority. In January, two 18-year-olds were found hanged in their cells. The families of the two teenagers filed suit against the state for "denying mental health care and treatment and education to its wards." On April 1st, a video was released by a state senator showing an incident in January in which "one youthful inmate at a facility in Stockton is repeatedly pummeled by a correctional officer and another is kicked, after they were subdued and on the ground". I had an opportunity to speak with Mike and Monet, two members of Books Not Bars, about the situation with California's youth incarceration problems.....