School to Prison Pipeline

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Gender • Law Enforcement • Life and Life Only • Los Angeles Writers • Police • Public Health • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Solitary • Violence Prevention • Writers and Writing • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

LA Supes Finally Approve 2 Foster Care Fixes….Can SF’s Community Court Halt the Revolving Door?….NYC Bans Solitary for Inmates Under 21….More on the “End of Gangs…..and the Pain of Losing Al Martinez

AFTER MUCH STALLING BY THE OLD BOARD, THE NEW LA BOARD OF SUPES QUICKLY MAKES 2 NEW FOSTER CARE...

Board of Supervisors • Courts • Education • Elections • Jim McDonnell • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Realignment • School to Prison Pipeline • Sheriff Lee Baca • U.S. Attorney • Youth at Risk • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

André Birotte Gets Robed Up….Brown Foes Say Realignment Causes Crime But Stats Say Otherwise….When Mental Disabilities Lead to Harsh School Discipline….& PPOA McDonnell Interview, Part 2….

ANDRÉ BIROTTE SWORN IN AS FEDERAL JUDGE By 4 p.m. on Friday night, courtroom 650 at the Edward R...