Twenty-five years ago, the massive Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which...
Illegal Cell Phones & the Need for Contact
I’ve known Ben for about four years now. He’s very social, at times, even a clown. But, for...
OP-ED: LA’s At-risk Youth Need Community Resources & Healing, Not Punishment & Pepper Spray
From juvenile hall to county jail to prison to deportation, I’ve experienced first-hand the...
Op-Ed: How the War On Drugs Has Torn Families of Color Apart
Op-Ed: Predictive Algorithms in the Justice System Must Have Aggressive Oversight
Op-Ed: 30-Year Veteran LA Probation Officer Says Department Reform Is Urgent—And Must Be Youth Focused
Op-ED: 1872 Law Gives Police a License to Kill
California Must Double-down On Prison Rehabilitation
Dispatch From San Quentin: Young, Earnest and Criminalized
The Orange County Register Replies to Richard Wexler’s Op Ed about “Crack Baby Journalism”
The Release of Adnan Khan, Criminal Justice Reform & Supporting Victims—Does It Have To Be a Zero-Sum Equation?
As The New York Times Condemns “Crack Baby” Journalism, the Orange County Register Revives It.
Dispatch From San Quentin: Sticks and Stones
Op-Ed: Recidivism Risk Assessments Won’t Fix the Criminal Justice System
Dispatch From San Quentin: Parenting From Prison
Dispatch From San Quentin: Racial Politics in CA’s Prisons, Part 1
Dispatch From San Quentin: Can Humanity Break Through Where Empathy Is Disallowed?
Op-Ed: If a Pre-Trial Risk Assessment Tool Does Not Satisfy These Criteria, It Needs to Stay Out of the Courtroom
Op-Ed: Jurisdictions Should Embrace Voting Rights for All Americans—Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
