County Criminalized Students for Bad Grades
By Sarah Hinger and Sylvia Torres-Guillen Since 2001, the Riverside County, California probation department has been needlessly…
Important Civil Rights Battles Were Won in the 115th Congress
By Brian Tashman The past two years have been challenging times, as we have witnessed attacks on…
Commentary: Does Juvenile Reform Bill Go Too Far? Depends on Whom You Ask
Governor Brown just signed SB 1391 over the weekend. The timing is interesting, because Daniel Marsh’s hearing…
Governor Brown Signs Bill Ending Sentencing of 14- and 15-Year-Olds in Adult Court
One of the big questions surrounding the signing of SB 1391 is what that will mean for…
Reisig Pushes Back against Reform while Yolo Leads the Way on Juvenile Prosecutions as Adults
DA Jeff Reisig has been pushing back on Senate Bill 1391, and he has enlisted the family…
Commentary: Advocates Push Back against Trying 14- and 15-Year-Olds As Adults
There has been a lot of pushback against SB 1391. They will point to a handful of…
Why Does the U.S. Prosecute and Incarcerate Children as Adults?
By Yoel Haile At the age of 15, Frankie Guzman was arrested for robbery. He had no…
Package of Criminal Justice Reform Bills Awaits Governor’s Signature
Legislature OK’s final juvenile justice-reform bills updating Miranda rights, parole for child offenders (From Press Release) –…
Report: African American Youths Five Times More Likely than Whites to Be Held
(From Press Release)-A new report from the Sentencing Project found that despite long-term declines in youth incarceration,…
Court Watch: Statewide Reforms on Solitary Confinement and Bail
Senator Yee Introduces Bill to Ban Solitary Confinement for Children Last week, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco)…
