At 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, LAPD Chief Michel Moore tweeted this message: “Following closely...
LA County Probation Chief Gonzales fired by Supervisors, his 2nd in command to take his place
Los Angeles County Probation Chief Adolfo Gonzales was fired by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday...
Op-Ed: We Must Invest in LA’s Justice Involved Youth
Simply put, justice-involved youth need programming in a secure, home-like environment that meets...
Deadly LA Jails and Inconclusive Autopsies
A new report says the coroner's office is misrepresenting the causes of deaths inside LA's jails.
2 Stabbings & 2 drug overdoses at LA juvenile hall, then the county’s Board of Supes asked probation chief to resign
On Monday of this week, the LA County Board of Supervisors asked Probation Chief Adolfo Gonzales to...
Gavin Newsom moved to close 4 California prisons. How many more can he shut?
California used to need lots and lots of prisons. Big prisons, little prisons, prisons with special...
A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.
By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Kaiser Health News Jimmy Dee Stout was serving time on drug charges when...
Constitutional Amendment Would Restore Voting Rights to People in CA Prisons
A constitutional amendment proposed this month, ACA 4, would restore voting rights to people...
State oversight board says LA Probation’s youth halls are dangerously out of compliance in 39 categories
Last Thursday, February 9, the members of the California Board of State and Community Corrections...
New Federal Law Clarifies FCC’s Power to Cap Phone and Video Call Rates in Jails and Prisons
As of January, a new federal law, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act...
Lack of Rural Lawyers Leaves Much of America Without Support, including some California counties
California, with 168,000 lawyers – the second-most of any state – also has seven counties with...
Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings
For a generation, a secretive clique within the Vallejo Police Department has commemorated fatal...
New Community-Led Report Calls for LA School Police to Be Replaced With Holistic Care and Community Engagement
Money should be spent caring for kids, not criminalizing them, according to the Police Free LAUSD...
INSIDE JOB: PREA turns 20 this year, and it urgently needs fixing
On December 8, 2022, a jury convicted the former warden of the Federal Correctional...
Tyre Nichols: The anger & sorrow continues
"Along with mourning Tyre and supporting his family, it’s up to all of us to mobilize for lasting...
The Human Toll of Jail – Eight Essays
In 2016, the Vera Institute of Justice published The Human Toll of Jail, a series of essays written...
Financial Abuse Is Common. Now There Are Protections For Survivors
Research suggests financial abuse occurs in 99 percent of domestic violence cases.
Op-ed: California should be treating gun violence as a public health crisis
Community leaders believe gun violence should be treated as a public health crisis, and incorporate...