On Tuesday, April 14, Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, and...
Archive - April 2020
What Policing During the Pandemic Can Tell Us About Crime Rates and Arrests
Social distancing orders in place across the U.S. have added to the long list of low-level offenses...
COVID-19 Arrives at CA’s Department Of Juvenile Justice As A New Report Shines a Light on DJJ’s Chronic Failures
The COVID-19-driven concern about the dangers inherent in congregate facilities like nursing...
Coronavirus Cases in State Prisons Continue to Climb, as Various Strategies Begin to Lower the Prison Population
Update: As of April 15, a total of 150 people — 69 prisoners and 81 CDCR employees —...
OP-ED: Incarcerated children must be kept safe from COVID-19
Health and justice reform in our juvenile facilities is already a human rights necessity. Now the...
New Report Says CA Voters Support Releasing Many Vulnerable People From Prison Due To COVID-19 Dangers
As of April 11, the California Department of Corrections reported that the CDCR’s COVID-19...
After the COVID-19 Release of Prisoners, Who Will Help Them?
"I spent half my life in prison—24 years, eight months and 15 days—and nothing I experienced...
With Public Defenders Urging, CA Chief Justice & State’s Judicial Council Take Big Step Toward Getting More Kids Out of Lockup During COVID-19.
When it was clear that the COVID-19 crisis was going to explode in the U.S., the push in...
CA Judicial Council Sets $0 Bail for Misdemeanors and Low-Level Felonies in Response to Coronavirus
Zero-Bail for Defendants Accused of Non-Serious Crimes On Monday, the California Judicial Council...
Second Employee at LA’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall Tests Positive for COVID-19
Now a total of two LA County Probation staff members working at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall have...