The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will pay $3.5 million to the...
Women and Justice
As SCOTUS contemplates shooting down Roe, a new report shines a light on what reproductive “choice” looks like in the nation’s prisons and jails
During the nearly five decades that Roe v. Wade has been considered to be settled law, the courts...
New report addresses disproportionate number of women and other vulnerable populations in LA County’s jails
Fifty years ago, approximately seventy-five percent of the various county jails around the U.S...
Pregnant Behind Bars, Part One: Second Chances
In the first part of this five-part series, we look at how LA County’s Maternal Health Diversion...
Troubling Rise in Jail Deaths Nationally, While U.S. Jail Population Becomes More Female
In a new report by the Prison Policy Initiative, research analyst Leah Wang, points to recently...
Victims behind bars: Trafficking survivors still struggle despite state laws
California has evolved in how it treats victims of sex trafficking. But many victims, most of them...