By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report As a young man growing up in the Westmont...
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Black Kids Far More Likely to Be Tried As Adults & Sentenced to Adult Prisons, According to New Report
Arrest rates for youth have fallen nearly 75 percent since a high in 1994, but despite the stats...
California Weighs Cap on How Long Mentally Incompetent Youth Can Be Held in Juvenile Halls
A California bill would offer mentally incompetent juveniles held in detention the same legal...
Sheriff Jim McDonnell and Election Challenger Alex Villanueva Get More Endorsements
On Thursday, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys announced that its board of directors had...
Governor Brown Shoots Down Bill to Create a “Trauma Informed Schools Initiative”
On Thursday, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have created a “Trauma-Informed...
Gov. Brown Vetoes Bill to Address Sheriff-Coroner Controversy
On Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 1303, a bill introduced in response to...
“Freeing the Vote” in LA County by Empowering Justice System-Involved Eligible Voters
In July, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supes Mark Ridley-Thomas...
LA County Supes Tell Sheriff McDonnell To Stop Helping the LAPD Record Potentially Compromising Attorney-Client Conversations
On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to send a formal, “five-signature...
Op Ed: The Myth That Crime Rises as Prisons Shrink
California’s dramatic reduction in its prison populations hasn’t compromised public...
LASD Supervisors’ Union Endorses Jim McDonnell for Sheriff, A Nod That May Come With a Nice Pile of Cash
On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association (PPOA)—the main...