Former LASD Deputy Noel Womack Sentenced to Home Detention in 2008 Jail Beating Case On Monday, a...
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Oprah Looks at How California’s Infamous Pelican Bay Prison Is Leading the Way In Reforming Solitary Confinement
On Sunday’s 60 Minutes broadcast Oprah Winfrey reported on the use of solitary confinement in...
Low Earnings Keep Women Unnecessarily In Jail Pre-Trial, Says New Report
Slightly under half of the approximately 219,000 women incarcerated in the United States right now...
California’s Chief Justice is Determined to Reform the State’s “Pay-to-Play Model” for Access to Justice
One of California’s strongest and most effective advocates for reform of the cash bail system...
County Facilities Limit ICE Access to Immigrants Seeking County Services
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a policy that...
Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Granted Bail Pending Appeal
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Leroy Baca’s motion for bail pending his appeal in an...
Supes Move Forward with Probation Oversight and Reform Efforts
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to consider establishing...
Governor Brown Signs and Vetoes the Last of Nearly 1000 Bills This Legislative Session
In the handful of days leading up to Sunday’s final deadline, Governor Jerry Brown signed...
Using Arts As a Key Strategy to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline
EDITOR’S NOTE: When a kid in a Los Angeles County juvenile probation camp opened up about the...
New Report Shows Number of Kids Transferred to Adult Court Has Dropped Dramatically Due to New Laws—But There is Also Some Bad News
In 2019, when new laws passed by New York and North Carolina that raise the age for automatic...