Every year there are nearly 12 million admissions to local jails in the U.S.—almost 20 times...
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Formerly Locked-Up LA Youth Tell How to Build a Better Juvenile Justice System
LOOKING FOR THE LA MODEL Los Angeles County is at a critical stage in reforming its juvenile...
Reforms Trump Talking About Race, Solitary and Kids’ Brains, Next Steps for NYC Solitary Ban, and LA Foster Care Reform Efforts
CHOOSE ACTIONABLE REFORM OVER NATIONAL DISCOURSE ON RACE In an op-ed for the LA Times, California...
Sheriff McDonnell’s Thoughts One Month In….Jail Beating Victims Win $5M in Legal Fees….Ferguson Grand Juror Sues….and Foster Kids
LASD SHERIFF JIM MCDONNELL MAKES MEDIA ROUNDS, DISCUSSES DUAL-TRACK SYSTEM, OVERSIGHT, REPLACING...
Jumpstarting Foster Care Reform, Kamala Harris’ New Initiative, the NYPD Protest, Indigent Defense, and Homeboy
NEW LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS MAY RESUSCITATE DCFS REFORM PUSH The two recently-elected LA County...
In Landmark Settlement, LA County Supervisors & Sheriff Agree to Outside Monitoring of Jails…and More
In a closed session on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a far reaching...