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Friendly Suggestions for Gov. Gavin Newsom Regarding His Proposed Overhaul of the State’s Youth Justice System
I am a fourth-year social studies teacher at a Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) facility located...
Momentum Grows in Congress to Expand Access to Quality Postsecondary Education for People in Prison
Twenty-five years ago, the massive Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which...
Illegal Cell Phones & the Need for Contact
I’ve known Ben for about four years now. He’s very social, at times, even a clown. But, for...
OP-ED: LA’s At-risk Youth Need Community Resources & Healing, Not Punishment & Pepper Spray
From juvenile hall to county jail to prison to deportation, I’ve experienced first-hand the...
Op-Ed: How the War On Drugs Has Torn Families of Color Apart
There was wall-to-wall media coverage of the forced family separations happening at the US-Mexico...