By Nadine Ono On most days, social service worker Lita Meza can be found in her Toyota Prius...
Diversion
Long Beach Creates New “Justice Lab” Diversion Program for “High-Frequency Offenders”
A new collaborative Long Beach initiative called the Justice Lab, aims to divert people away from...
Rethinking Youth Arrests and Prosecution
By Patricia Soung, Kim McGill, Bikila Ochoa and Josh Green The work is just beginning under an...
LA County Board of Supervisors Votes to Launch “Historic” Youth Diversion Plan
A little past midday on Tuesday, November 7, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted...
How to Boost Crucial Family Involvement in Kids’ Drug Court Proceedings
An important report released this week by the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile...
Supes Seek to Divert Youth at the “Earliest Point of Contact” with the Juvenile Justice System
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to explore ways to...