THE TROUBLING CASE OF TODD WILLINGHAM THAT WON’T GO AWAY In a startling and painfully belated...
LA Sheriff McDonnell, LAPD Chief Beck, CHP’s Farrow and More Meet with Religious Leaders for Post-Ferguson Conversation
On Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and a...
A Tale of Planted Guns & Rogue Sheriff’s Deputies
In this week’s LA Weekly, reporter Gene Maddaus writes about how a marijuana...
Berkeley’s Waterside Workshops Shows How Building Boats & Fixing Bikes Can Help Kids Fix Themselves – by John Kelly
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the past two weeks, we’ve published stories from the series by John...
Child Welfare Czar Update, Sen. Cory Booker Interview, a Coroner’s Inquest, and Henry Solis
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILD PROTECTION: TRANSITION TEAM STEPS BACK After months of...
Prop 47 and Drug Courts, Ex-lifers Mentor Each Other, Prosecutorial Power, and Young Cops and Use of Force
WHY PROP 47 DRASTICALLY REDUCES USE OF DRUG COURTS …AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE...
DOJ Picks Stockton for Community Policing Pilot, Dorsey Nunn, Pasadena Police Misconduct Audit, and Fullerton’s Homeless Liaison Unit
STOCKTON, CA ONE OF SIX CITIES TO PILOT DOJ’S COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVE Hours after the...
LA County Probation Reaches for New Goals for Juvie Camps as Feds Pack Up
FULL COMPLIANCE Earlier this week we learned that the LA County’s Juvenile Probation camps have...
“Back on Track LA,” Sheriff and Doctor Duo Fight Trauma, How to Defend Kids Facing Life, and ending CA Prison Healthcare Oversight
NEW COLLABORATIVE LA COUNTY REENTRY PROGRAM SEEKS TO BE MODEL FOR NATION On Wednesday, California...
LASD, Probation, AG Kamala Harris Introduce Anti-Recidivism Pilot in LA’s Jails
On Wednesday morning, Sheriff Jim McDonnell, along with Probation Chief Jerry Powers,will host ...
How Santa Clara’s James Ranch Became a CA Model for Helping Incarcerated Kids
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the past two weeks, we’ve published stories from the series by John...
LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit a National Model, Oakland Policing Turnaround, Early Trauma-informed Healthcare…and More
LAPD’S MENTAL EVALUATION UNIT A MODEL TO BE REPLICATED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...
Homeboy’s New Digs, Appealing Compassionate Release Denials, Today’s Faces of Civil Rights…and More
HOMEBOY SPREADS INTO NEW BUILDING TO RAMP UP SERVICES FOR FORMER GANG MEMBERS Homeboy...
The Trauma Files: You Too Can Take the ACEs Test…Now That We’re Finally Having a Serious Conversation About the Effects of Childhood Trauma
Several times a year, I am asked to speak about juvenile justice issues at classrooms full of...
Tarrant County, TX, Demonstrates the Art of Helping Law-Breaking Kids
EDITOR’S NOTE: A week ago, we published a story from the series by John Kelly for the...
Inmates Write their Own Obits, Community Policing, Ferguson Reports, and #Cut50
SAN QUENTIN INMATES COMPOSE THEIR OWN OBITUARIES IN WRITING CLASS In this exceptional multimedia...
Fighting Child Sex Trafficking, Planting Informants, LA County Settles Another High Ticket Lawsuit…and LAPD’s Mental Health Training
LA SUPES MOVE TO BLOCK CHILD TRAFFICKING IN HOMELESS MOTELS On Tuesday, the LA County Board of...
Skid Row Shooting Points to Larger Problems…..Attica Dramas, Past & Present…CA Supremes Overturn Sex Offender Housing Law…..Holder’s To Do List
TWO BODY CAMERAS IN SKID ROW SHOOTING REPORTEDLY OFFER TELLING INFO, AS DEADLY INCIDENT POINTS TO...