California Youth Justice pROJECT

Abolition is about abolishing the conditions under which prison became the solution to problems, rather than abolishing the buildings we call prisons.

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

WHAT WE DO

The California Youth Justice Project works in partnership with grassroots organizations and movement leaders to end the caging of young people in LA County while creating life affirming alternatives.

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564

Youth incarcerated today

95.6%

are Black and Latinx youth

74%

of youth are in facilities operating unlawfully or failing to meet regulatory minimum standards

$431M

Probation Juvenile Institutions Budget

$77M

Department of Youth Development Budget

*These figures Exclude LITigation costs, mental health services, education, medical services and the $4.8B+ sex abuse settlement*