This past Saturday the first staff member working in the state’s 35-facility prison system...
Voices In the Storm
"If you’re white and you believe yourself not to be racist, yet you don’t talk to your white...
Op-Ed: Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs
Every major era of domestic terror against African Americans – slavery, lynching and police...
Op-Ed: Surviving Shelter in Place as a Survivor of Homicide
I learned that I might never stop grieving the innocence my daughters lost on that early...
Increased Testing Reveals Surging Virus Outbreaks at CA Prisons, With More Likely to Follow
Since mid-March, California prison officials have struggled to gain access to coronavirus testing...
Memorial Day: With Deep Gratitude & Sorrow for our Sons, Daughters, Mothers, Fathers, Wives, Husbands, Brothers & Sisters Who Have Given Their Lives on Old & New Fields of Battle
Usually, on Memorial Day we honor those men and women who have given their lives for the rest of...
Op-Ed: Homeless People Are Not Punching Bags
Homeless men and women have no fewer rights than those of us with roofs over our heads, but they...
New Board Of Supes Motion Proposes to Use Closing Of DJJ to “Transform Youth Justice in California”
The news that Governor Gavin Newsom intends to permanently close California’s Division of...
Op-Ed: California’s Closure of DJJ Is a Victory—But With Significant Challenges
Simply handing DJJ youth over to the county probation departments is not reason enough alone to...
LA to Join Host of CA Counties Sending Text Reminders to Improve Court Appearance Rates
In April, the California Judicial Council instituted a “zero bail” order for misdemeanors and...
Youth Advocates Cheered as Governor Newsom Announced Plans to Shut Down CA’s Prisons for Kids — But It’s Complicated
On May 14, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to close the state’s youth correctional...
Op-Ed: Dialogue & Healing With the “Worst of the Worst”
Entire yards were labeled as places where they housed "inmates who refuse to program.”
Superior Court Judge Says NO to Helping Get More Kids Out of LA’s Youth Lock-Ups
Late Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brett Bianco disappointed a long list of...
A New Big $$ Settlement Asks Why the LA District Attorney Went Along with Paul Tanaka’s Vendetta, Then Hid Evidence In Order To Do So
For a long time, justice advocates have complained that the Los Angeles County District...
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery highlights the danger of jogging while black
"Black men I interviewed who had jogged in white neighborhoods where they lived reported incidents...
Four Men in Chino Prison Die of Coronavirus in One Week, Bringing CA Prison Death Total to 5
As of Saturday, May 9, five men incarcerated at the California Institution for Men (CIM) in...
Two Kids in LA County’s Juvenile Halls Test Positive for COVID-19
Starting on May 4, Los Angeles County Probation began testing all youth who were entering the...
Coalition of 24 Attorneys General Call on U.S. Senate to Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act
On Monday, May 4, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and 23 other attorneys general called...