Criminal Justice Journalism in the Public Interest

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Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • District Attorney • Education • Employment • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • Mental Health • Mental Illness • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice

What the “Shocking” Rise in Racial Disparity Has to Do With the Criminal Justice System….Jackie Lacey’s Evolution…Miami-Dade & Mental Health Diversion….& More

July 17, 2014

More than two decades ago, James Smith of the Rand Corporation and Finis Welch of UCLA, published...

International Issues • International Politics • LA City Government • LA County Board of Supervisors • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • Women's Issues

LA’s New Program to Tackle Recidivism, Funding the New Jail Plan, KPPC Interviews Todd Rogers, and R.I.P. Farley Mowat

May 9, 2014

AG KAMALA HARRIS ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE NEW LOS ANGELES PROGRAM TO LOWER RECIDIVISM On Thursday...

American Artists • American Voices • Children and Adolescents • Courts • DCFS • Foster Care • Life and Life Only • Race • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Goodnight Pete Seeger….We’ll See You in Our Dreams….& Other News

January 29, 2014

WITH LOVE & GRATITUDE TO PETE SEEGER, AMERICA’S JOY-FILLED AND FEROCIOUS MUSICAL...

Life and Life Only • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • Uncategorized

For Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday

January 20, 2014

To celebrate this day, three versions of A Change Is Gonna Come. A 2013 version by a fine new...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Race • Restorative Justice • Sheriff Lee Baca • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Black Kids 8% of SF Students and 50% of “Defiance” Suspensions…LA Supervisors on LASD Indictments…and Gov. Brown Gets More Time to Drop Prison Pop

December 12, 2013

SF SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVES TOWARD ELIMINATING SUSPENSIONS FOR “WILLFUL DEFIANCE” AFTER...

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Education • Foster Care • Homeboy Industries • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • Race • Realignment

Advocates Oppose LA’s Newest Jail Contract…New CA Foster Youth Education Data…90% of Pasadena Juvenile Arrests are Minorities…and Gov. Brown on Criminal Justice Bills

October 14, 2013

LA COUNTY RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES STILL FIGHTING TAFT JAIL CONTRACT Last month, the LA County Board...