After the newest batch of vote results was posted by the L.A. County Registrar indicating that...
Vera Expanding Successful Partnership With Cities to Provide Legal Defense for Immigrants
SAFE at One Year Attorneys provided more than 400 immigrants facing deportation with legal...
What Does Villanueva’s New 22,000 Vote Lead Over McDonnell for Sheriff Tell Us? – UPDATED
Whoever told the sheriff he could skip those debates, Levenson said, "gave him bad advice."
Susan Burton’s Prison Book Tour Goes to Aliceville & Tutwiler Prisons for Women & Finds Pointless Dehumanization
Even though the women were trying to have hope, I recognized those symptoms of dehumanization as I...
A Salute To Our Nation’s Veterans With Our Deepest Gratitude
"The willingness to die for another person is a form of love that even religions fail to inspire...
Op-Ed: If a Pre-Trial Risk Assessment Tool Does Not Satisfy These Criteria, It Needs to Stay Out of the Courtroom
By Hayley Tsukayama and Jamie Williams, Electronic Frontier Foundation Artificial...
Into the Fire: Heartbreak Continues After Thousand Oaks Mass Shooting
By now we know most of the heart-tearing details of the mass shooting that took place late...
Dramatic & Potentially Historic LA County Sheriff’s Race Will Be Decided By 985,000 Ballots Still To Be Counted
As things stand now, 4,927 votes separate the two men, with Villanueva receiving 820,333 votes to...
Former Foster Child, a USC Alumnus, Fights for Foster Youth
By Eric Lindberg, USC News At age 26, Demontea Thompson looks back and knows he beat the...
Op-Ed: Jurisdictions Should Embrace Voting Rights for All Americans—Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
Americans do not lose their citizenship when convicted of a crime, and the U.S. Constitution gives...
For Members Only: Thinking About Tuesday’s Elections From Inside San Quentin
Soon, my friends from the San Quentin Newspaper will be doing a “mock election” on the yard...
On Art and Voting: Thinking About Tuesday’s Elections From Inside San Quentin
considering whether voting is rehabilitative misses the larger picture. Voting is expression. The...
Report: Formerly Incarcerated Locked Out of Education
One out of four formerly incarcerated Americans over the age of 25 holds no high school diploma or...
LA County Supes Seek to Establish a Minimum Age for Juvenile Prosecution
At the end of September 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 439, a bill to ensure that...
Supes Vote to Turn a Probation Camp Into a Residential Job Training Facility for Youth
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in favor of a motion to...
What Is the LA County Sheriff’s Department Doing About Its Big, Bad Deputy Gang Problem?
The report that members of a deputy clique within the East LA station of the Los Angeles County...
Does the Proposed New LA Probation Oversight Commission Have the Legal Right to Subpoena Power? A Group of Experts Say….YES
What kind of power does a civilian commission need if it is to effectively oversee a large, complex...
MacArthur Funds Criminal Justice Reforms in San Francisco and Long Beach
On Tuesday, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced $22 million in new grants...