On May 26, the Bay Area-based Young Women’s Freedom Center (YWFC) officially opened the doors of...
#YouthJusticeReimagined
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...
‘A change in narrative’: Ethnic studies program helps incarcerated youth navigate identity
Nate Tan's students aren’t Zooming in from campus dorms. Instead, they’re taking classes in...
How many of the girls & young women in LA county probation’s youth lock-ups really need to be there?
As of November 22, 2021, in Los Angeles County Probation’s youth camps and halls are...
LA County Office of Education votes to yank the charter of much-needed new boarding school for county’s most vulnerable kids
Last year the Los Angeles County Office of Education Board approved the charter for a brand new...
Closing CA’s youth prisons the right way means adequately funding oversight of youth justice “realignment” to the counties
Last fall, when Governor Newsom signed SB 823 into law in order to gradually close...