During the first two weeks of October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed and rejected the...
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Even in Prison, White Privilege Thrives
By C.R. Addleman, Prison Journalism Project In 2019, I served as a kitchen worker in the...
Youth living at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall overdoses twice on fentanyl, as investigators working to get lethal drugs out of Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall are relieved of duty
Last Wednesday, October 18, a kid in residence at Los Angeles County Probation’s Los Padrinos...
A letter to youth: How I achieved the impossible dream of a master’s degree
In 2016, I finally made it to California State University, Fresno. It took resilience, commitment...
Homeless and suspended in California
By Amy DiPierro, The Center for Public Integrity Federal education law explicitly seeks to help...
To end domestic violence, heal the abusers, say those who do the healing
In the world of family violence, the focus is on healing victims. The survivors. But that approach...
Deconstructing the conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 8 – Judge Fischer Agrees to Bail
A bit after 6 p.m on Thursday evening, October 5, U.S. District Court Judge Dale S. Fischer granted...
Solitary Confinement Reform and Other Bills May Get a Second Chance in 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom has until the end of October 14 to sign and veto hundreds of bills...
Deconstructing the conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 7 – Bail & the landmark case known as Batson
Late Monday, the defense attorneys for Mark Ridley-Thomas filed a 37-page motion requesting bail...
District Attorney Gascón Announces Exoneration of Man Wrongfully Convicted 27-years ago with a false confession: Here’s the story
Nearly three decades after his faulty conviction, it was DNA that changed everything for Gerardo...