The Los Angeles County Probation Department began moving kids between youth lockups this week, as...
#YouthJusticeReimagined
40 years ago, the US began sending large numbers of kids to prison without hope of release. A former prosecutor looks at how things have changed
A South Carolina judge heard arguments in late May 2023 to reconsider the sentence for Jesse...
LA County to Receive Money and Technical Support to Work Toward Ending Girls’ Incarceration
The California Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) and the Vera Institute of Justice...
Battling fentanyl inside LA County’s youth lock-ups
NARCAN, for those who may have forgotten, is a medication that, if administered quickly enough, can...
With a grand opening in LA, Young Women’s Freedom Center expands its efforts to decarcerate girls & trans youth
On May 26, the Bay Area-based Young Women’s Freedom Center (YWFC) officially opened the doors of...
The fate of dueling motions from LA Supervisors about where to house LA’s “high security” DJJ kids, plus $50k exit bonuses, & the riotous emptying out of Central Juvenile Hall
On Tuesday, March 15, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on two competing motions...