On Tuesday, the members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint...
LA’s Marijuana Revenue Should Go Toward New Youth Development Department, Says Report
The City of Los Angeles is expected to bring in $50 million from marijuana sales in 2018, and $250...
Decoding LAPD Chief Charlie Beck’s Surprise Retirement Announcement
On Friday, January 19, at an otherwise routine press conference with Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los...
Movement Against Juvenile Court Fees Runs Into Resistance
By Teresa Wiltz California this month became the first state to eliminate court costs, fees and...
LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested by Feds for Providing Security & More for Drug Transport Had a Triple Life
Tuesday morning a team of FBI special agents arrested Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy...
Long Beach Creates New “Justice Lab” Diversion Program for “High-Frequency Offenders”
A new collaborative Long Beach initiative called the Justice Lab, aims to divert people away from...
San Francisco Public Schools Include Human Trafficking in Health Curriculum
By Katie Morell The first day of October 2015 was a good day for Chris Pepper. As a content...
#MeToo Behind Bars: Snitches Get Stitches: Can Kids Safely Report Abuse in LA County Lockups?
For the young people in Los Angeles County’s 12 juvenile camps, 3 juvenile halls, and one...
Thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr.
“…I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless...
U.S. Lowers Incarceration Rates—Except When It Comes to Women
According to a report released this week by the Prison Policy Initiative, since 2009, a movement...
Criminal Justice in the Governor’s Budget: Firefighter Employment Program for Formerly Incarcerated, Raising the Age, and More
On Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown released a proposed $131.7 billion general fund budget for...
California Legislators Introduce Marijuana Bills in Response to AG Sessions Rescinding Obama-Era Directives
Just four days after the sale of recreational marijuana became legal in California, via...
LA Supes Vote to Improve Crucial Services for the Disproportionate Number of LGBTQ Youth in the County’s Care — UPDATED
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of an important motion that...
California’ Powerful Central District Has New U.S. Attorney—at Least for a While
On Friday, Nicola Hanna was sworn in to serve as the interim United States Attorney for the Central...
OP-ED: Oregon Foster Care Said Parents Not Smart Enough to Raise Their Son, But Judge Vehemently Disagreed
Last month, the Oregon Department of Human Services deployed three lawyers to call 40 witnesses...
First California DOJ Report on Bias in Policing Looks at Complaints Against Officers
California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPA) publicly released its first...
As New Juvenile Justice Reform Laws Go Into Effect This Week, New Data Shows Youth Arrest Rates Keep Dropping
Arrest rates for kids in California dropped for the ninth year in a row in 2016, according to a...
THE WRITER, The Sequel: A Confused Teenager, a Shooting, a Long Prison Sentence & an Unusual Opportunity
EDITOR’S NOTE: On Thanksgiving morning, 2017, I received an unexpected email from someone...