On Tuesday evening, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had taken his signing pen to...
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Criminal Justice Bills Clear a Major “Suspense File” Hurdle to Land on the House Floors
Late last week, the California Assembly and Senate’s fiscal committees decided the fate of...
Six LA Probation Officers Charged With Unlawful Use of Pepper Spray Against Teenage Girls, One Officer Charged With Four Different Assaults
On Friday afternoon, six Los Angeles County Probation officers were charged for unlawfully using...
LA County Commits to Expand Arts Investment for Justice-Involved Kids
LA supervisors see this Arts Justice Fund grant as an opportunity to expand the overall arts...
Op-Ed: Smart, Kid-Centered Analysis Helps Alameda County Probation Department Reduce Out-of-Home Placements & Troubling Racial Disparities
by Danielle Soto There is important new evidence that reducing out-of-home placements — while...
Ambitious New Report Says It’s Time to Rethink the Nation’s Juvenile Probation Systems
For more than a decade, the nation’s juvenile justice systems have steadily cut back on...
CA Lawmaker, Partners Introduce Budget Request for $100 Million “Down Payment” on Juvenile Diversion
On Monday, California Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-South Los Angeles) officially requested...
San Bernardino County Supes Say Data-Driven Criminal Justice Reform Is Yielding Results
By Nadine Ono The results of a jail study conducted by CA Fwd’s Justice System Change Initiative...
California Hopes to Place More Probation Youth in Foster Homes Like This
Starcania Ford’s first call came not too long after she had completed two months of background...
Decriminalizing Marijuana in Los Angeles County
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Hilda Solis introduced a read-in...