It’s been more than two months since the death of four-year-old Noah Cuatro and, despite the...
Archive - September 2019
Bill on Governor’s Desk Aims to Reduce Childhood Trauma by Diverting Parents Into Treatment, Instead of Prison
An estimated 10 million US children have parents who are currently locked up, or who have...
LA County May Soon Create a Civil Justice Defense Program to Address the Collateral Consequences of Incarceration
Public defender offices in jurisdictions elsewhere in the nation offer representation for indigent...
Study Shows CA Juvenile Lifers Less Likely to Be Paroled if They Are Black or Indigent
In 2013, then-California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 260, a law that gave a second chance at...
New Study Details Long Shadows Cast On Children When Parents Are Locked Up
Having an incarcerated caregiver was shown to increase the risk of having an anxiety disorder...
Lawsuit and CA Bill Aim to Reduce Discriminatory Discipline in Schools — UPDATED
Update: On Monday, September 9, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 419, which will expand...
Op-Ed: The False Claim Of An LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Being Shot By A Sniper Leads To A Classic Fail in Crisis Communication
We both advise companies & organizations on how to communicate with the public during a crisis, &...
‘You Don’t Own Me’
Larry Rosser spent 23 years in prison for killing his abuser before parole commissioners became...
“Mexicans Are Not Muslims” – New Lawsuit Alleges that Muslim Inmates in LA Jails Not Given the Basic Elements of Worship
Last week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit alleging mistreatment...