NEW REPORT SHOWS STATES ARE STARTING TO RE-THINK PUTTING KIDS IN OUT-OF-HOME DETENTION States are...
Archive - April 2015
Crime, Justice & Pulitzers….& the LA Times Books Prizes
LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER TELLS HAUNTING STORY OF A COMPLEX LIFE THAT WAS MUCH MORE THAN THE SUM...
Were You Left Out This Morning?
THECALIFORNIA JUSTICE REPORT Did you get your Monday dose of the must read NorCal, SoCal, statewide...
Crucial Bill to Give More Crossover Kids a Chance at Extended Foster Care Benefits Passes Out of Committee
On Tuesday of this week, a bill was passed out of committee that, if passed by the full California...
LA Drug Court Reboot, $100 Million on Homelessness, DOJ to Monitor Calexico’s Police Dept., and the Struggle to Free the Innocent
GIVING LA’S DRUG COURTS NEW LIFE BY OPENING THEM UP TO MORE SERIOUS DRUG OFFENDERS A new...
Talking About Race & Justice on Sunday at the LA Times Festival of Books
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER & AUTHOR, BRYAN STEVENSON & AWARD-WINNING LA TIMES REPORTER JILL...
Mentally Ill and Locked-up Kids, State of the City, and Police Brutality
BACKGROUND ON RAHEEM HOUSSEINI’S ILLUMINATING STORY ABOUT HOW MENTALLY ILL KIDS WIND UP IN...
LA County Supes Want to Know What’s REALLY Going on in County’s Juvenile Camps
FIRST THE AUDIT Near the end of Tuesday’s LA County Board of Supervisors meeting during which...
LA County’s Proposed Budget…Feds Investigate SF Jail Abuse Allegations…CA Bill to Reduce Drivers License Suspensions…and Criminal Justice Questions for Presidential Candidates
LA COUNTY’S REFORM-MINDED BUDGET PROPOSAL ALLOCATES MORE $$ TO MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION, JAIL...
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