California is nursing an expensive addiction to prisons, and it starts with unnecessary lockup of our youth. How have other states and locals kicked the habit? Learning from our Mistakes: Transforming Juvenile Justice in California is not just a film; it is a blueprint for model juvenile justice practice.
By Learning from Our Mistakes, California has the opportunity to lead the nation in transforming juvenile justice systems to lift youth up rather than locking them down.
Learning From Our Mistakes is a production of the Books Not Bars Campaign from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.
Thank you to the more than 200 people who came to the world premiere of the film. We'd especially like to thank your panelists for their insights:
Moderated by Jakada Imani, Ella Baker Center Executive Director Anthony Martinez Jake Newman Chief Probation Officer Sheila Mitchell
Hattie Tate, Principal, Dewey Academy
Raquel Mariscal, Senior Consultant for JDAI Site Support
Zachary Norris, Soros Justice Fellow James Bell, w. Haywood Burns Institute Executive Director
