With an overall juvenile justice budget of $156 million, Alameda County spends approximately...
On Nov. 10, LA County Supervisors Will Consider Finding How to Remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva From Office
It's finally come to this. Two LA County Supervisors have authored a motion that aims to find out...
DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE: CA Appeals Court Orders 50 Percent Reduction of San Quentin’s Population, While COVID Numbers Creep Up Again at Other State Prisons With Little Notice
"We spoke to a number of incarcerated people who were over the age of 60 and had a matter of weeks...
Gladiator School: Memories From the Terrible Past of California’s Youth Prisons
“They called YTS a gladiator school because you are going to learn and harden yourself into...
Op-Ed: Local prosecutors are now the last defense against voter suppression and Election Day chaos
The 2020 presidential election is the first in nearly 40 years without court protection for voters.
Prop 20’s Justice Reform Changes Would Send Disproportionate Numbers of Californians of Color into Lockup, Says Report
Proposition 20’s rollback of portions of recent criminal justice reform laws would have a...
LA County Sheriff Says Jails First, Parks Last, But LA Supervisors Decline to Be “Held Hostage”
“Remember, these are public lands we’re talking about, no matter what else you call them...
LA County Supes Approve $14 Million Settlement Over Immigration Holds
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors finalized a $14 million settlement in a...
State Continues to Hand Soon-to-Be-Released Prisoners Over to Immigration Agents During Pandemic
In recent weeks, the Adelanto ICE Processing Center has become the site of the largest active...
If Sheriff Refuses to Use $24 Million for County Parks Bureau, LA County Supes May Reimagine LA’s Parks Bureau Without the LASD
Los Angeles County has one of the largest locally-operated public parks systems in the nation. LA...
Under Our Skin: How racism leaves an unmistakable mark on Black Americans
I’m only now coming to grips with what it has meant to my soul – and my body – to have been...
How State Corrections Departments Are Addressing Trauma and Victimization Among Imprisoned Women
A new report from the Urban Institute shines a light on how 41 states do or don’t...
Thursday Night’s Informative & Take-No-Prisoners Debate Between Jackie Lacey & George Gascón as They Battle to See Who Will Be LA’s Next District Attorney
At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday October 8, an important debate took place between two term Los Angeles...
Why Did the LA’s District Attorney’s Office Fail to Bring Charges Against Suspects in the Sheriff’s Bandito Assault Case? (The Problematic LASD Investigation Didn’t Help, Says a New Report)
Why did the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office fail to bring charges against any of the...
Op-Ed: Communities Need a Reset of Policing & The Justice System. But Barr & Trump’s Law Enforcement “Commission” is a Cynical Sham
Under the guise of restoring public confidence in law enforcement, the Commission is stacked with...
Governor Signs Bill to Close State’s Troubled & Systemically Racist Youth Prisons With an Ambitious Plan to Reimagine CA’s Youth Justice System
At approximately 4:42 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, September 30, Governor Gavin...
Governor Newsom Signs and Vetoes Closely Watched Criminal Justice Bills
Between Monday and Wednesday, his final day to sign or veto bills passed during the 2020...
LA County Moves Closer to Redirecting Some Emergency Response Away From Law Enforcement
On Tuesday, September 29, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors took the next step toward...