It’s been six months since Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was voted into office on a platform of criminal justice reform.
Price explains that, in her opinion, there needs to be much more focus on creating alternatives for at-risk youth, rather than incarcerating them.
Price added that she is moving forward with reform to the adult justice system as well. This includes alternative sentencing models that rely on drug treatment and mental diversion programs rather than prison sentences. The Oakland Police Officers Association, the union who represents most Oakland police officers said their members are struggling to keep up with widespread crime on the street and added many of Price’s proposed reforms are “making a bad situation even worse.”
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