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Archive - August 2017
“We’re Human”: A Corrections Officer Struggles With the Stress of the Job
EDITOR’S NOTE: Alarmed by a spate of suicides in their ranks, the California Correctional...
California Bill Aims to Help Create Better Foster Homes
EDITOR’S NOTE: AB 507, aims to increase foster parents’ training specific to the needs...
LA County’s Newest Blue Ribbon Commission to Focus on Effects of Criminal Justice Reforms
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to form a Blue Ribbon Commission on...
ACLU Sues Feds for Locking Immigrant Kids in Jail-Like Facilities Based on Unfounded Gang Accusations
A class-action lawsuit challenges the federal government’s efforts to incarcerate and deport...
“I Felt There Was No Future For a Girl Like Me” – A Former Gang Member Turns Trauma Into Leadership & Wins Soros Fellowship
In the next nine years, there would be other deaths of other close friends, but this first terrible...
Dozens of Prosecutors & Law Enforcement Leaders Call for End to Cash Bail for Misdemeanors
In an amicus brief filed Thursday, a group of 67 current and former elected prosecutors, Attorneys...
California Supports Closing Juvenile Lockups in Favor of Community Alternatives
Most residents in Los Angeles County and across the state support closing juvenile detention...
Report: Inconsistencies in LASD Data Reporting on Jail Violence
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has a data-tracking (and reporting) problem, according...
At Appeal Hearing 9th Circuit Judges Ask About Paul Tanaka’s Viking Tattoo
It’s All About the Vikings During the Monday appeals hearing for Paul Tanaka, the former...