On Thursday, ten women filed medical grievances against a gynecologist at a U.S. Immigration and...
States Halt Jury Trials Again, Leaving Many Defendants in Jail
By: Jenni Bergal, Stateline With the latest wave of COVID-19 sweeping through the country, many...
More Than 58 Percent of Kids in LA County’s Juvenile Halls Quarantined for COVID-19 Exposure, as High Numbers of Staff Continue to Test Positive
For most of December, the number of youth in quarantine due to their exposure to someone with...
California Prisons Still Slammed by Coronavirus, Report 1,445 New Cases in Three Days, Hitting Record High
More than eight months into the coronavirus crisis, California’s prison system is full of...
As Trump & Barr Rush To Execute People, More Than 90 Prosecutors & Law Enforcement Leaders Across the U.S. Say STOP!
"When we choose death, it is irreversible: we can never go back and overturn a wrongful conviction...
Should 14-and-15-Year-old Kids be tried as Adults? New LA DA Gascón says No, as a Case That Could Permanently Decide the Question Goes to CA Supremes
On Tuesday, December 1, the California Supreme Court heard a much-watched case having to do with...
Today Is #GivingNewsDay & WitnessLA Needs Your Help!
Today is #GivingTuesday — or #GivingNewsDay as nonprofit newsrooms across America are now...
Community Supervision Is Overused, Overly Punitive, and Fuels Mass Incarceration, Justice Leaders Say
Approximately 4.4 million (or 1 out of every 58) adults were on probation or parole in the United...
Testing Negative in San Quentin
“I’m required to take the test every week or be disciplined with a 115 (a rules violation) for...
Op-Ed: School Suspensions Don’t Just Unfairly Penalize Black Students – They Lead to Lower Grades and ‘Black Flight’
By Charles Bell, The Conversation School suspensions are intended to deter violence and punish...
Op-Ed: In Big city child welfare Philadelphia gets a little better, Los Angeles gets worse, & the “professional kidnappers” are hard at work in Phoenix
In addition to tracking the propensity of states to take children from their families, the National...
Realigning CA’s Juvenile Justice System Must Come With Significant Change at the County-Level, Says Report
The impending closure of California’s long-troubled juvenile prison system, the Division of...
New Report Says CA Endangers Kids in State’s Youth Prisons As COVID Round 2 Continues to Rise
A new report and accompanying fact sheet from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ)...
Soaring Drug Arrests Account for Much of the Exploding Incarceration Rate Among Women
Over the past few years, reporting on and public awareness about the plight of...
LA County Voted to Invest in Social Services Via Measure J. Now the Supes Must Prepare.
On November 3, 57 percent of voters in Los Angeles County approved Measure J, a ballot initiative...
Op-Ed: Working with the “Most Unlikely DA in America” Gave Me Hope
Over the three days it took to drive from Los Angeles to South Texas, I began to have fears and...
Veteran’s Day: With Deep Gratitude for our Brothers & Sisters Who Serve and Have Served
Here are a few literary thoughts to honor our veterans, and all that we owe them. We’ll begin...
LA County Supes Approve $3.9 Million Settlement for the Family of Ryan Twyman, After Deputies Shot 34 Bullets Into His Car
On June 6, 2019, two Los Angeles County deputies fired nearly three dozen rounds into a white Kia...