On Friday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted bond to the seven former members of the Los...
Scott Budnick, For-profit Foster Care, the Youth Welcome Center, and Reentry Employment
SCOTT BUDNICK: FROM PRODUCING THE HANGOVER MOVIES TO FOUNDING THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION Jesse...
Women and Reentry, Obama Supports Smarter Sentencing Act, Former 3rd-Strikers Stay Out of Prison…and More
A NEW WAY OF LIFE: HELPING WOMEN ON THE OUTSIDE in a story for Cosmopolitan, Jean Friedman-Rudovsky...
Prop 47 Report, Laptops in Lock-up, Prison Rape, and Training Teachers to Identify Abuse
EARLY ASSESSMENT OF PROP 47 IN LA, AND WHERE COUNTY AGENCIES THINK THE $$ SHOULD GO At a county...
POSITIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: When Kids Make Amends to their Victims of Crime – by John Kelly
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our friends at the Chronicle of Social Change have launched a series on a...
Job Changes, Investigations, & a Demotion for 3 LA Sheriff’s Dept. Captains – UPDATED
EDITOR’S FRIDAY UPDATE: We often hear through the grapevine about personnel changes at the...
OP-ED: Movement to Restore Youth Begins by Ending the Punitive Incarceration Model
Let’s uphold our responsibility to keep more kids out of the system and ensure that youth...
John Legend’s Oscar Night Statement….Tech Education for Kids in Lock Up… The Bail Industry Fights Back….Will CA Regulate Solitary for Juveniles?…
In addition to Monday morning’s expected post-Oscar commentary on winners, losers, and the...
Santa Clara’s Unique Efforts to Keep Kids Out of Adult Court…LASD Civilian Oversight Subpoena Power….School Discipline….and NY’s New Anti-Prison Rape Videos
SANTA CLARA PROSECUTORS LOOK TO ADVOCATES TO ANALYZE HOW KIDS ARE TRIED In 2013, the Santa Clara...
LA Deputy’s Suit Alleges Retaliation for Protesting Inmate Abuse…Fewer Inmates in CA and LA Facilities, Mock School Shootings…and Protecting Access to Justice Behind Bars
LASD DEPUTY SUES OVER ALLEGED RETALIATION FROM DEPUTIES, SUPERVISORS FOR REPORTING INMATE ABUSE IN...
School Money for Kids Who Need It Most, a Childhood Trauma Ted Talk, Kids in Gangs, and Pitchess Jail Teacher’s Sex Conviction
MOST CA SCHOOL DISTRICTS FAILING TO USE NEW BUDGET $$ TO RAMP UP SERVICES FOR FOSTER KIDS Prior to...
Longtime LA Sheriff’s Investigator Sues for Alleged Retaliation Over Refusal to Falsify Job Applications & to Campaign for Paul Tanaka
DEMANDS TO FALSIFY EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTS & TO SUPPORT A CERTAIN CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF A...
Mandatory Minimums, Prop 47, Anti-homelessness Rules, and Sex Offenders Killed in CA Prisons
US ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES FEWER MANDATORY MINIMUMS SOUGHT FOR DRUG CRIMES In August 2013, US...
Are LA’s Foster Care & Juvie Justice Kids Being Over Drugged?….When Experts Recant in Criminal Cases….The Flawed Science of Bite Mark Evidence…..TAL’s Series: “Cops See Things Differently”
As you know, we’ve been following San Jose Mercury News reporter Karen de Sá’s...
The Odd Case of 3 LASD Deputies Charged With Mortgage Fraud & Their Dramatic Acquittal
JUDGE SAYS NOT GUILTY IN FEDERAL CASE AGAINST THREE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ACCUSED OF “BUY...
Happy President’s Day – Check Back for More News Tonight
New Bureau of Children’s Justice, the CORRECTIONS Act, $8.3M for Wrongful Death in Jail, and Jefferson High Scheduling Update
NEW CALIFORNIA DOJ BUREAU TO TACKLE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, SEX TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER ISSUES FOSTER KIDS...
Are American Jails Being Misused? A New Report Says YES…(And How Do LA Jails Rate?)
Every year there are nearly 12 million admissions to local jails in the U.S.—almost 20 times...