PPOTR #3: Interview with Dan Macallair of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice by Pete Brook

Daniel Macallair and I talk about the benefits of supervision in the community as alternatives to incarceration; the higher success rates of programs conducted locally as opposed to those outsourced to other parts of the state; the growth of California's prison system; and the recent Supreme Court ruling ordering California to reduce its prison population by approximately 32,000.

Daniel Macallair is the Executive Director and a co-founder of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. His expertise is in the development and analysis of youth and adult correctional policy. He has implemented model community corrections programs and incarceration alternatives throughout the country. In 1993, Mr. Macallair established the Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) for serious and chronic youth offenders in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system. This program was cited as an exemplary model by the United States Department of Justice and Harvard University's Innovations in American Government program. In 1994, Mr. Macallair received a leadership award from the State of Hawaii for his efforts in reforming that state's juvenile correctional system and developing model community-based reentry programs. In August 2007, Mr. Macallair initiated a technical assistance project to assist California counties in developing model intervention programs for high-end youthful offenders. Mr. Macallair is presently involved in the efforts to reform California’s adult sentencing and parole practices and serves as an advisor to the State’s prestigious Little Hoover Commission.