In 2012, 9.5 percent of youth — nearly one out of every 10 kids — in juvenile...
Sexual abuse
#MeToo Behind Bars: Audit Says Inmates at Risk for Sexual Abuse in LA Women’s Jail Where Deputy Was Accused of Sexually Assaulting Six Inmates
In February of this year, a Los Angeles County Deputy named Giancarlo Scotti, who was working at...
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sergeant Criminally Investigated for Allegedly Demanding Sex for Coveted Days Off
Did An LA County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Trade Hard to Get Days Off Work for Coerced...
Bills to Help Sexual Assault and Trafficking Victims
BILL OF RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS This week, AB 1312, the Sexual Assault Survivors’...
Changing the Way We Deal with Sex-Trafficked Kids, Repairing the Juvenile Justice System, and For-Profit Probation
BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MISGUIDED HABIT OF CRIMINALIZING YOUNG SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS A notable new...
New Head of National Juvie Justice Office (Finally) Named….Priest Accused of Molestation Was Working for LAUSD [See UPDATE!]…When Cops Lie Under Oath
AFTER 4 YEARS OF LAGGING, OBAMA NAMES HEAD OF THE DOJ’S JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION (OJJDP) On...