We have reported in the past about the issue of children and Miranda rights. In particular...
Archive - August 2016
Youth Arrest Rates Continue Downward Trend, and California’s Criminal Justice Bills
CALIFORNIA ARRESTED FEWER KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN 2015 THAN 2014 The arrests rates of young...
Audit Reveals CalGang Database Violates Individuals’ Rights
California’s controversial gang-involvement tracking database—CalGang—lacks...
Former CIW Inmate’s Lawsuit Alleges Daily Sexual Assaults by Guard…and More
FORMER CIW INMATE FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT ACCUSING GUARD OF DAILY PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS DeEtta...
Community Members Continue to Call for Release of LAPD Body Cam Videos Showing Shooting of 14-year-old Boy
CONFLICTING VERSIONS OF A BOY’S DEATH UPSETS COMMUNITY Jesse James Romero was 14-years-old...
4. Is There a Kid-Battering Subculture Inside LA County’s Juvenile Facilities?
A SINGLE INCIDENT OR SOMETHING MORE? Is there a brutal subculture inside Los Angeles County’s...
Protecting Foster Kids from Over-Prescribing Doctors….DOJ to Require Law Enforcement to Report Officer-Involved Deaths….and More
UPDATES ON BILLS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE FOSTER CHILDREN FROM DOCTORS WHO OVER-PRESCRIBE PSYCHOTROPIC...
Dozens of Bills (Some Overlapping) Tackle Child Sex Trafficking in California
As law enforcement and other agencies are switching from approaches that treat trafficked kids like...
LASD Says Man Shot in Compton by Deputies Was Not Involved in Earlier Carjacking
On July 28, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed 27-year-old Donnell Thompson...
Inadequate Education for Kids in San Bernardino Alternative Schools, LASD Sez No More Firing into Cars, and Asset Forfeiture Reform
SAN BERNARDINO, FEDS REACH AGREEMENT OVER ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED SCHOOLING FOR DISABLED STUDENTS IN...