Editor’s Note: In California, search warrant-bearing law enforcement officers seeking...
Archive - October 2020
OP-ED: Jackie Lacey, Protect Your Black Female Employees
You cannot claim that Black Lives Matter when you do not value the lives of your own Black...
OP-ED: In Child Welfare, the Racial Bias is Everywhere — Even in the Research
Now let’s change the hypothetical slightly: The mother and the child are Black. The person to...
Op-Ed: A Critical Issue Missing From LA County’s DA Race
The LA DA’s Office is the largest local prosecutor’s office in the country, the influence of...
A Blueprint for Reimagining Alameda County’s Youth Justice System to Prioritize Healing Over Incarceration
With an overall juvenile justice budget of $156 million, Alameda County spends approximately...
On Nov. 10, LA County Supervisors Will Consider Finding How to Remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva From Office
It's finally come to this. Two LA County Supervisors have authored a motion that aims to find out...
DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE: CA Appeals Court Orders 50 Percent Reduction of San Quentin’s Population, While COVID Numbers Creep Up Again at Other State Prisons With Little Notice
"We spoke to a number of incarcerated people who were over the age of 60 and had a matter of weeks...
Gladiator School: Memories From the Terrible Past of California’s Youth Prisons
“They called YTS a gladiator school because you are going to learn and harden yourself into...
Op-Ed: Local prosecutors are now the last defense against voter suppression and Election Day chaos
The 2020 presidential election is the first in nearly 40 years without court protection for voters.
Prop 20’s Justice Reform Changes Would Send Disproportionate Numbers of Californians of Color into Lockup, Says Report
Proposition 20’s rollback of portions of recent criminal justice reform laws would have a...