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Funds From Ballot Initiative Help Newly Released Prisoners Find a Home in Los Angeles
By Ron Shinkman, California Health Report As Latanja Madison’s release date from prison inched...
Op-Ed: How the War On Drugs Has Torn Families of Color Apart
There was wall-to-wall media coverage of the forced family separations happening at the US-Mexico...
Sen. Public Safety Committee Approves Bill to Keep Kids in County Probation Camps and Out of Violent State Lockups
Last month, the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice released a report exposing troubling...
Impact Justice Launches First-Ever Comprehensive Study on U.S. Prison Food
Researchers at Impact Justice have launched a first-of-its-kind study on prison food in the U.S...
Report Offers Insights for Trading Juvenile Incarceration for Community-Based Strategies
Over the last 20 years, youth violence dropped precipitously (and unexpectedly) in California. Law...
Fed Up With Probation’s Ongoing Failure to Spend Juvenile Justice $ Millions on Proven Programs for LA County’s Kids, the Supes Make a Radical Move
On Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a new...
Celebrating Cesar Chávez
"Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak...
Johns Hopkins Report Offers First Ever Look at Pregnancy in Prison Stats
Since 1980 the incarceration of women in the U.S. has far outpaced that of men, skyrocketing by...
For Foster Youth in Crisis, Advocates Seek Another Option Besides 911
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report Foster parents often have trouble getting prompt...