I shared my own story of being sent into foster care far away from home, and being incarcerated in...
What California Crime Victims Want From the Criminal Justice System
The majority of California’s victims of crime support criminal justice reforms, including...
LA County Supervisors Put Big Money Toward Addressing Trauma and Mental Health in Schools
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to set aside $17.4 million to expand...
13 Questions: LA Police Commission President Steve Soboroff on the LAPD’s Quest for Community Trust
By Shirsho Dasgupta, Jake de Grazia, Darrell Florence and Gabriel Kahn, Crosstown Steve Soboroff...
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...
In the Era of Criminal Justice Reform, the “Next Step” Must Be Reducing “Excessive” Punishments for Violent Crimes
While the First Step Act and a handful of legislative changes at the state level have furthered the...
De-Coding the Case Files of Rehired LA Sheriff’s Deputy Carl Mandoyan: Part 1 – Command & Control
The past two weeks have been active ones in the unendingly controversial case of Los Angeles...
Funds From Ballot Initiative Help Newly Released Prisoners Find a Home in Los Angeles
By Ron Shinkman, California Health Report As Latanja Madison’s release date from prison inched...
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...
Sen. Public Safety Committee Approves Bill to Keep Kids in County Probation Camps and Out of Violent State Lockups
Last month, the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice released a report exposing troubling...
Impact Justice Launches First-Ever Comprehensive Study on U.S. Prison Food
Researchers at Impact Justice have launched a first-of-its-kind study on prison food in the U.S...
Report Offers Insights for Trading Juvenile Incarceration for Community-Based Strategies
Over the last 20 years, youth violence dropped precipitously (and unexpectedly) in California. Law...
Fed Up With Probation’s Ongoing Failure to Spend Juvenile Justice $ Millions on Proven Programs for LA County’s Kids, the Supes Make a Radical Move
On Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a new...
Celebrating Cesar Chávez
"Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak...
Johns Hopkins Report Offers First Ever Look at Pregnancy in Prison Stats
Since 1980 the incarceration of women in the U.S. has far outpaced that of men, skyrocketing by...
For Foster Youth in Crisis, Advocates Seek Another Option Besides 911
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report Foster parents often have trouble getting prompt...
Op-Ed: Predictive Algorithms in the Justice System Must Have Aggressive Oversight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Risk assessment systems have been praised as a means of reducing the...
California’s Child Welfare Reform Threatened by Slow Pace of Caregiver Approval and Group Homes
Implementation struggles have caused the price of California’s child welfare reform to soar by an...