On Monday, August 19, LA County Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff ordered a preliminary...
Archive - August 2019
Recently Pardoned Activist Susan Burton On Trauma, Forgiveness, and Waking Up
At age 67, Susan Burton is a nationally known advocate for restoring civil and human rights to...
$68 Million in State Funding Goes to Local Pretrial Reforms, While CA Voters Wait to Decide Fate of Bail Reform Law
San Francisco's longstanding pretrial program is saved by not receiving state funding.
California Gets New Research Institute to Study Probation Practices and Reforms
Thursday, August 15, was the official launch of a brand-new research institute in California that...
The Historic & Amazing Day When LA’s Supervisors Dumped Their Monster Jail Project, the Sheriff Told Scary Stories, & Sup. Sheila Kuehl Pronounced Incarceration a “Failed” Experiment
"It's a rare and impactful moment...a confluence that happens when an idea whose time has come...
County Supes Vote Unanimously to Officially Explore Moving LA’s Juvenile Justice System OUT of the Probation Dept.
Just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, in a unanimous vote, the Los Angeles County Supervisors...
UPDATED – Supes Vote to Cancel Controversial $1.7 Billion Men’s Central Jail Replacement Contract
UPDATE: In a historic 4-1 vote, the LA County Board of Supervisors has chosen to cancel the...
Surviving Through Trauma: Sara Kruzan on Trafficking, Her Incarceration, Freedom and Activism
By Tony Inglis, INSP In 1995, 17-year-old Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life imprisonment without...
Facing the Inferno, Part 2: When Evacuation Is No Longer An Option
That same Friday, Mullen said, the Woolsey Fire killed two people “who were caught in their car...
In the Central Valley, a Trafficking Survivor Works to Rescue Others
By Linda Childers, California Health Report It’s not unusual for Debra Rush to receive a...