Just as it seemed we as a country were coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves faced...
Archive - August 2021
New report shows CA’s Republican-voting counties have higher rates of violent crime than the state’s Dem-voting counties
A startling new report released this week by the Center on Juvenile and...
Eric Strong is the newest entry to the growing list of people who hope to unseat LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
For LA County voters determined to see the present sheriff ousted, the main challenge between now...
Prosecutors & other justice leaders say it’s critical for Biden to convene a “Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Prosecution” — NOW
The U.S. needs “a new normal in prosecution and we need federal leadership to get us...
Reporting on Violence: Understanding how journalists can ask better questions, do better stories, and help their communities solve their most intractable problems.
by Jane Ellen Stevenson of Aces Too High News “Gannett launches a network-wide push to rework its...
LA County Office of Education votes to yank the charter of much-needed new boarding school for county’s most vulnerable kids
Last year the Los Angeles County Office of Education Board approved the charter for a brand new...
Op-Ed: 5 issues that could affect the future of campus police, in CA and across the U.S.
By John J Sloan, III Since the May 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police...
LA County Board of Supes approves $187.7 million spending package to advance the county’s “care first, jails last” vision
At the Tuesday August 10, meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the board...
Shining a bright light on the powerful “Black Box” of Prosecutorial Discretion
Prosecutors have more discretion than courts, legislators, or any other justice system player. ...
When COVID froze prison visits, it put a spotlight on the unconscionably high cost of phone calls in the nation’s lock-ups
by Lindsey Van Ness of Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts Before the...