Two recently released reports raise a string of questions about the progress made—or lack...
Juvenile Justice
SB 9, The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act, Likely to Come to a Vote This Week
The California senate will likely vote this week on SB 9. which would give kids who were sentenced...
The High Cost of a Lousy Education for L.A.’s Lawbreaking Kids – But One Supervisor Points to an Alternative
We spend of lot of taxpayer money on education for local kids who are locked up—either in...
Pushed Out: Reforming Zero Tolerance at LAUSD
PUSHED OUT The concept of Zero Tolerance is alive and well in the Los Angeles Unified School...
Supremes Will Again Consider the Constitutionality of LWOP Kids
The NY Times’ Adam Liptak and Lisa Faye Petak outline the issue as it presently stands and...
The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act Makes Progress
The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act, SB 9, passed out of the California State Senate Public Safety...