On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Hilda Solis introduced a read-in...
Community Groups Call on State to End Use of Pepper Spray in Juvenile Lockups
California is one of just five states that allows staff in juvenile detention facilities to carry...
LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Dies of Injuries Received on Duty 23 Years Ago
On Tuesday, February 6, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Steven Belanger died of a shooting wound...
SF Seeks to Dump Criminal Justice System Fees That Bury Poor San Franciscans in Debt
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the SF Sheriff’s Department took steps...
Keeping Girls Out of a Justice System Created for Boys
By the Staff of Counseling@NYU Arrests of youth younger than 18 are down significantly. Between...
Does Memo From LA District Attorney’s Office Tell Cops How to Get Around New Law Protecting Kids’ Constitutional Rights?
On October 11, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 395, a bill requiring that youth...
Op-Ed: Will LA County Will Step Up & Lead Nation in Helping LGTBQ Kids in Foster Care System?
by Dr. Khush Cooper When families break down, systems have to take over. But most of those systems...
33 Prosecutors & Law Enforcement Officials Sign Amicus Brief Supporting LA Lawsuit Challenging DOJ, for Yanking Public Safety Grants From “Sanctuary” Cities
On Monday, a group of 33 current and former prosecutors, law enforcement officials, and others in...
California may up its rehab efforts to keep ex-inmates from returning to prison
by Sophia Bollag Gov. Jerry Brown wants to add millions in new spending on programs to help former...
LASD and Teachers Present Diplomas to Largest Class of Inmate Graduates
On January 18, at the front of an immense classroom, within the North County Correctional...
Op-Ed: California Must Ban the Use of Chemical Spray in Juvenile Facilities
By Brian Goldstein California is in the process of revising standards for the state’s local...
LA County Probation Struggles to Make “Trauma-Informed Care” a Reality for Kids In Its Facilities
At the Los Angeles County Probation Commission Meeting held last Thursday, January 25, the main...
New Poll Shows Most Americans Believe Goal of Criminal Justice System Should Be Rehabilitation, Not Punishment
Eighty-five percent of voters believe that rehabilitation, rather than punishment, should be the...
What Governor Jerry Brown Said About Criminal Justice in His Last Ever State of the State Address
Shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday morning Jerry Brown gave his sixteenth and last state of the...
New Bill Aims to Stop Wrongful Convictions by Improving the Way Law Enforcement Administers Lineups
On Wednesday, California lawmakers introduced a bill that seeks to reform the state’s...
LA County Supervisors Appoint Interim Head of Public Defender’s Office, as Veteran PDs Express Strong Objections
On Tuesday, the members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint...
LA’s Marijuana Revenue Should Go Toward New Youth Development Department, Says Report
The City of Los Angeles is expected to bring in $50 million from marijuana sales in 2018, and $250...
Decoding LAPD Chief Charlie Beck’s Surprise Retirement Announcement
On Friday, January 19, at an otherwise routine press conference with Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los...