By now we know most of the heart-tearing details of the mass shooting that took place late...
Dramatic & Potentially Historic LA County Sheriff’s Race Will Be Decided By 985,000 Ballots Still To Be Counted
As things stand now, 4,927 votes separate the two men, with Villanueva receiving 820,333 votes to...
Former Foster Child, a USC Alumnus, Fights for Foster Youth
By Eric Lindberg, USC News At age 26, Demontea Thompson looks back and knows he beat the...
Op-Ed: Jurisdictions Should Embrace Voting Rights for All Americans—Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
Americans do not lose their citizenship when convicted of a crime, and the U.S. Constitution gives...
Dispatch from San Quentin – For Members Only: Thinking About Tuesday’s Elections From Inside San Quentin
Soon, my friends from the San Quentin Newspaper will be doing a “mock election” on the yard...
Dispatch from San Quentin – On Art and Voting: Thinking About Tuesday’s Elections From Inside San Quentin
considering whether voting is rehabilitative misses the larger picture. Voting is expression. The...
Report: Formerly Incarcerated Locked Out of Education
One out of four formerly incarcerated Americans over the age of 25 holds no high school diploma or...
LA County Supes Seek to Establish a Minimum Age for Juvenile Prosecution
At the end of September 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 439, a bill to ensure that...
Supes Vote to Turn a Probation Camp Into a Residential Job Training Facility for Youth
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in favor of a motion to...
What Is the LA County Sheriff’s Department Doing About Its Big, Bad Deputy Gang Problem?
The report that members of a deputy clique within the East LA station of the Los Angeles County...
Does the Proposed New LA Probation Oversight Commission Have the Legal Right to Subpoena Power? A Group of Experts Say….YES
What kind of power does a civilian commission need if it is to effectively oversee a large, complex...
MacArthur Funds Criminal Justice Reforms in San Francisco and Long Beach
On Tuesday, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced $22 million in new grants...
LA County to Expand Popular Pre-Arrest Diversion Program
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to expand the county’s Law...
Majority of Bay Area Homeless Youth Come From Foster Care or Juvenile Justice, Report Says
By Sara Tiano Three out of four homeless youth in the Bay Area has been in foster care, the...
Inmate Hunger Strike in OC Jail System Points to Much Deeper Problems, Say Critics
Reports that there is trouble in the Orange County jail system have been intensified by the newest...
LA School Police Are Over-Arresting Students—Especially Black Students— Says New UCLA Report
A brand new report released by UCLA’s Million Dollar Hoods Project contains disturbing data...
Bringing Back the Vote for Disenfranchised Americans
Felony disenfranchisement reforms in 23 states have restored voting rights to 1.4 million people...
Kids in Adult Lockups Still “At Risk” After PREA, Says Report
Enacted fifteen years ago, in 2003, the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act aims to prevent rapes...