A newly released report by the United States Sentencing Commission found that black male offenders...
Archive - November 2017
LA County Probation Officer Accused of Sexually Abusing Teenage Girls in His Care Is Released After Serving Less Than a Month of a 1-Year Sentence
Less than a month ago, former Los Angeles County deputy probation officer, Oscar David Calderon...
LA County Approves Plan to Assist “Disconnected” Youth Who Are Out of School and Out of Work
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of a plan to improve...
LA County Supes Seek to Protect Inmates from Sexual Assault By Staffing New PREA Compliance Units
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to explore funding...
CA Could Reduce Its Prison Population by 30,000, Says Report
A new report outlines strategies the state of California could employ that would reduce its prison...
Massive Bi-Partisan Report Aims at Reforming Criminal Justice
The Academy of Justice at Arizona State’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has just...
Q&A: ASU Law professor discusses focus of major new report on criminal justice reform
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has published an in-depth new...
To Our Nation’s Veterans….We Are Deeply Grateful For Your Service
Happy Veterans Day to those Americans who have served, and for those who are still serving. The...
Researcher Looks at the “Often Neglected” Problem of Childhood Exposure to Violence
Childhood exposure to crime has been called “one of the most costly public health and public...
California Earns “D” Grade on Pretrial Report Card
California received a “D” grade on a new report card measuring states’ pretrial...