In mid April, 2019, a teenage girl who was a resident at LA County Probation's Central Juvenile...
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In the Child Welfare System, Black Families Should Matter
Reimagining a foster care system that errs on the side of protecting children, but...
OP-ED: In Child Welfare, the Racial Bias is Everywhere — Even in the Research
Now let’s change the hypothetical slightly: The mother and the child are Black. The person to...
How a City Known for High Crime Rates and Racial Tensions Kept Its Protests Non-Violent — Pointing the Way for the Rest of the Nation
For far too long in this country, if you say "public safety," people say "police" because they...
Prosecutors Say Reporting Sexual Harassment at L.A. County DA’s Office Means Retaliation, But Jackie Lacey Says Not True
"I could never say ‘I need this to stop,’ or he would know you were not okay with it, and if he...
Los Angeles Grieves for Kobe & His Daughter: He Was Ours & We Were His
At first, we only knew there’d been a crash, but not what it meant. Eight passengers and the...
When George Gascón Finally Announced He Would Challenge Jackie Lacey for LA District Attorney, He Triggered the Most Watched DA’s Race in the Nation
At around 10 a.m. on Monday morning, George Gascón announced that he had officially thrown his hat...
Remembering Joan Petersilia, the Brilliant, Award-Winning Criminologist Who Advised Governors, Inspired Students, & Helped Change the Future of California
Editor’s Note: I first met criminologist Joan Petersilia in 2003, after I read her book...
Op-Ed: How the War On Drugs Has Torn Families of Color Apart
There was wall-to-wall media coverage of the forced family separations happening at the US-Mexico...
LA Sheriff Villanueva’s Perplexing Views on Violence in the County Jail System Concerns Experts & Causes 2 Department Commanders to Be Relieved of Duty
As most readers know by now, last Wednesday morning Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva...