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Ban On Smoking May Increase Violence in Prisons

Posted on July 12, 2005

Have you seen System Failure? This short film exposes the neglect and abuse of the youth detained at the California Youth Authority (CYA) prisons. As campaigns to close the CYA prisons and reform the structure of juvenile incarceration gain momentum,... [more]

California Students Take To The Streets For Education

Posted on June 16, 2005

The film System Failure highlights how California is spending more money on keeping its youth incarcerated as opposed to educated.   Last week, in front of the very elegant Fairmont Hotel in Sillicon Valley, a bunch of fired up students... [more]

Gov. Schwarzenegger Meets with Books Not Bars Youth

Posted on May 24, 2005

Have you seen System Failure? This horrifying examination of the California Youth Authority demands urgent reform of the juvenile justice correctional system in California. By Tom Kingston: On May 16th 2005, parents, relatives, youth activists and members of Books Not... [more]