"“Homelessness is the defining civic issue of our time, and addressing it requires all hands on...
California DOJ Releases First Annual Use-of-Force Report
The California Department of Justice released its first ever police use-of-force report on...
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sergeant Criminally Investigated for Allegedly Demanding Sex for Coveted Days Off
Did An LA County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Trade Hard to Get Days Off Work for Coerced...
“We’re Human”: A Corrections Officer Struggles With the Stress of the Job
EDITOR’S NOTE: Alarmed by a spate of suicides in their ranks, the California Correctional...
California Bill Aims to Help Create Better Foster Homes
EDITOR’S NOTE: AB 507, aims to increase foster parents’ training specific to the needs...
LA County’s Newest Blue Ribbon Commission to Focus on Effects of Criminal Justice Reforms
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to form a Blue Ribbon Commission on...
ACLU Sues Feds for Locking Immigrant Kids in Jail-Like Facilities Based on Unfounded Gang Accusations
A class-action lawsuit challenges the federal government’s efforts to incarcerate and deport...
“I Felt There Was No Future For a Girl Like Me” – A Former Gang Member Turns Trauma Into Leadership & Wins Soros Fellowship
In the next nine years, there would be other deaths of other close friends, but this first terrible...
Dozens of Prosecutors & Law Enforcement Leaders Call for End to Cash Bail for Misdemeanors
In an amicus brief filed Thursday, a group of 67 current and former elected prosecutors, Attorneys...
California Supports Closing Juvenile Lockups in Favor of Community Alternatives
Most residents in Los Angeles County and across the state support closing juvenile detention...
Report: Inconsistencies in LASD Data Reporting on Jail Violence
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has a data-tracking (and reporting) problem, according...
At Appeal Hearing 9th Circuit Judges Ask About Paul Tanaka’s Viking Tattoo
It’s All About the Vikings During the Monday appeals hearing for Paul Tanaka, the former...
Op-Ed: Our Work to Reform the Juvenile Justice System Is Not Yet Complete
“If our collective responsibility is to foster justice and public safety—as we believe it...
New Report Points to California Prosecutors Who Most Frequently “Violated Their Constitutional Duties”
New Harvard Law Report Shines a Light On Prosecutorial Misconduct and “Names Names” In...
Essential Juvenile Justice Bill Reauthorization Passes Senate, But It’s All About What Happens In the “Conference Committee”
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Moves Toward Reauthorization—But...
Progress Toward Ending Juvenile Isolation in the US
Despite an ongoing national movement toward banning solitary confinement for youth, which has been...
San Francisco, Santa Clara County To Get Help Improving Their Pretrial Justice Systems
The Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) has chosen six jurisdictions, including two in California, to...
Bill Update: Brown Signs Foster Youth Voter Bill, and Protections for Sexually Abused Kids
On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that aims to encourage foster...