On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved four noteworthy criminal justice...
LA Foster Families Suffer As Stipends Get Stuck in State’s Reform Bottleneck
Destiny Adams was driving on Balboa Boulevard, on the way to visit her two younger sisters, when...
Kids with Family in Prison Discover How to Break the Silence
POPS the Club: creating a safe space for youth to struggle with the pain of having loved ones...
Thousands of Documents Show Abuse and Neglect of Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids in U.S. Custody
In December 2014, the ACLU’s Border Litigation Project, which is a joint project of ACLU...
Feds Arrest Dozens in “Dirty Thirds” Operation That Aims to Loosen the Mexican Mafia’s Hold on LA County’s Jail System
In a massive operation targeting the notorious Mexican Mafia’s control in Los Angeles County...
UCLA Students and Faculty Learn While Teaching Classes Behind Bars
By Jessica Wolf Every Thursday and Friday, a dozen UCLA students from a variety of majors arrive on...
THE CHALLENGERS: LA Sheriff’s Candidate Bob Lindsey Believes Jim McDonnell is Vulnerable. Here’s Why.
As the California primary election on Tuesday, June 5, speedily approaches, two candidates for the...
Breaking LA’s Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline
Doniesha Thomas is in her bedroom, crouching on the floor and peering into a pet carrier that...
NOT AGAIN: An Ordinary School Morning in Santa Fe, TX, Is Shattered by Deadly Gunfire
On Friday night, May 18, Santa Fe High School’s varsity baseball team was scheduled to play...
Candidates for CA Governor Discuss Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, and Other Children’s Issues
At LA Trade Technical College, during what was billed as the first forum or debate among...
Los Angeles Gets a New County Department Dedicated to the Arts
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of creating a...
LA County Probation Wins Award for Its Trauma-Informed LA Model
The National Association of Counties (NACo) has awarded Los Angeles County Probation an Achievement...
Ambitious New Report Says It’s Time to Rethink the Nation’s Juvenile Probation Systems
For more than a decade, the nation’s juvenile justice systems have steadily cut back on...
The Problems With California’s Broken Bail System are Vividly Illustrated as a 26-Year-Old Pregnant Mother is Bailed Out of an LA Jail For Mother’s Day
On Tuesday, 26-year-old Deshay Murphy, received an early Mother’s Day gift when her $30,000 bail...
Prop. H Is the SF Police Union’s “Unprecedented Power Grab” to Undermine SFPD’s Taser Policy, Opponents Say
The San Francisco Police Officers Association is campaigning on behalf of a proposed ballot...
The Three Final Candidates for LAPD’s Next Chief Are… Mike Moore, Bill Scott & Robert Arcos
Okay, we did our best to give you helpful hints, without actually revealing the names of the three...
To Fend off Family First Act, L.A. Hires Lobbyist Who Helped Write It
In mid-April, former Senate Finance staffer-turned-lobbyist Becky Shipp sent an e-blast to dozens...
CA Lawmaker, Partners Introduce Budget Request for $100 Million “Down Payment” on Juvenile Diversion
On Monday, California Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-South Los Angeles) officially requested...