Twenty-five years ago, the massive Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which...
Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews
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...
Op-Ed: Predictive Algorithms in the Justice System Must Have Aggressive Oversight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Risk assessment systems have been praised as a means of reducing the...
Op-Ed: 30-Year Veteran LA Probation Officer Says Department Reform Is Urgent—And Must Be Youth Focused
Several dozen probation officers cheered in support of an individual who called black and Latino...