LA SUPES TO CONSIDER WORKING GROUP’S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CREATING CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT...
Juvenile Justice
Incarcerated Kids 3 Times More Likely to Be Hospitalized for Mental Health Issues….New LASD Mental Heath Crisis Teams in Desert….Expanding Adelanto…and Sandra Bland
LOCKED UP KIDS IN CA ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS THAN...
Private Prison Medicine, Foster Care Benefits for Dual Status Kids, Presidential Pot Pardons, Sheriff Jim McDonnell on WWLA? …and More
WHEN FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS TAKE OVER PRISON HEALTH CARE INMATE MORTALITY RATES RISE The private...
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Why is LA County Probation Sitting on $21.7 Million in Unspent Juvie Justice Funds?
A few weeks ago, WitnessLA learned that LA County Probation was sitting on $21.7 million in...
SISTERS RISING: How a Group of Justice-Involved Young Women Heal & Strengthen While Helping Each Other & Themselves – by Sarah Zahedi
Editor’s Note: As youth crime has declined in the past decade, girls’ contact with the...
Girls and the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison-Pipeline
ABUSED YOUNG GIRLS ARE INCARCERATED AT MUCH HIGHER RATES THAN GIRLS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABUSED As...