Criminal Justice Journalism in the Public Interest

Archive - February 2014

Human Rights • Juvenile Justice • Prison • Probation • Reentry • U.S. Attorney

Convictions in Coast Guard Killing, Probationers Jailed for Inability to Pay for Supervision, Admissions Blocked at New Stockton Prison, and Jobs for Justice-Involved Kids

February 6, 2014

US ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES CONVICTIONS IN DEATH OF CALIFORNIA COAST GUARD Chief Petty Officer Terrell...

ACLU • CDCR • DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • Homeboy Industries • LA County Board of Supervisors • Realignment • Reentry • Rehabilitation

Potential Partnership Between LA County and Homeboy Industries…Supes Address Foster Care Commission Recommendations…ACLU Sues California for Disenfranchising Probationers…and More

February 5, 2014

LA SUPES TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP WTIH HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES The LA County Board of Supervisors agreed...

CDCR • Gangs • LASD • Prison • PTSD • Reentry • Trauma

PTSD Epidemic in Violent Neighborhoods, New California Rules Regarding Prisoners with Gang Ties…and More

February 4, 2014

POPULATIONS OF UNDIAGNOSED, UNTREATED VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA LIVING IN HIGH-CRIME...

Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Prison • Reentry • Sheriff Lee Baca

New Sheriff Halts Civilian Deputy Program, the Plight of LA’s Juvenile Indigent Defense, Entrepreneurial Education for Prisoners, and the Loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman

February 3, 2014

INTERIM SHERIFF SCOTT SUSPENDS CONTROVERSIAL FIELD DEPUTY PROGRAM Interim Sheriff John Scott...