By Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) Despite recent efforts to reduce California’s prison incarceration rates, severe racial disparities persist in our criminal justice system. According to a report last month by the Public...

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Gov. Newsom Signs “Historic” Bill to Set Stricter Police Use-of-Force Standards

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Recently Pardoned Activist Susan Burton On Trauma, Forgiveness, and Waking Up

$68 Million in State Funding Goes to Local Pretrial Reforms, While CA Voters Wait to Decide Fate of Bail Reform Law

California Gets New Research Institute to Study Probation Practices and Reforms

Opinion: We Must Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Gov. Newsom Signs “Historic” Bill to Set Stricter Police Use-of-Force Standards

Judge Orders Sheriff to Make Rehired Deputy Mandoyan Turn in His Badge, Uniform, & Gun … Plus Other Interesting Villanueva-Related Events of the Past Week

Recently Pardoned Activist Susan Burton On Trauma, Forgiveness, and Waking Up

$68 Million in State Funding Goes to Local Pretrial Reforms, While CA Voters Wait to Decide Fate of Bail Reform Law

California Gets New Research Institute to Study Probation Practices and Reforms

The Historic & Amazing Day When LA’s Supervisors Dumped Their Monster Jail Project, the Sheriff Told Scary Stories, & Sup. Sheila Kuehl Pronounced Incarceration a “Failed” Experiment

County Supes Vote Unanimously to Officially Explore Moving LA’s Juvenile Justice System OUT of the Probation Dept.

UPDATED – Supes Vote to Cancel Controversial $1.7 Billion Men’s Central Jail Replacement Contract

Surviving Through Trauma: Sara Kruzan on Trafficking, Her Incarceration, Freedom and Activism

Facing the Inferno: Campus Kilpatrick & the Woolsey Fire, Part 2

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Supes Vote to Explore Boosting Job Opportunities for LA County’s Inmate Fire Camp Workers – UPDATED

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Protect Sex Workers From Criminalization When They Report Crimes

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Facing the Inferno: PART 2 -UPDATE

As U.S. Mass Shootings Surpass 245 Incidents in 2019, Collaborative Infuses 17 Gun Violence Research Projects With $10 Million

LAPD Officer Juan Diaz Fatally Shot When Off Duty With Girlfriend After Verbal Exchange With Tagger at Lincoln Heights Taco Stand