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Mass Incarceration Inhumanity
California

Reimagine LA Advances the Idea of Care

By Guest Author
Gabriella+Vazquez
Law and the Justice System

Gabriela Vázquez Advances Intersectional, Abolitionist Feminist Organizing

By Sharon Kyle and Dick Price
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Prison Reform

Why Does Sacramento Need a Bigger Jail?

By Mark Dempsey
Five States May Decide to Abolish Slavery
Law and the Justice System

Five States May Decide to Abolish Slavery

By David A. Love
Prosecutor Kim Gardner
Law and the Justice System

Prosecutor Kim Gardner

By Jamala Rogers
More Incarceration Does Not Solve Systemic Problems
Law and the Justice System

Death in County Jail, Often While Awaiting Trial

By Stephanie Williams
Drug Dealers Wage War
Law and the Justice System

Arresting Drug Dealers: Not a "War on the Poor"

By Randy Shaw
Julian Assange 2022 Update
Law and the Justice System

Julian Assange 2022 Update

By Bill Blum
More Incarceration Does Not Solve Systemic Problems
Law and the Justice System

More Incarceration Does Not Solve Systemic Problems

By Mark Dempsey
Prison Turned Warehouse: Closed and Refurbished
Law and the Justice System

Prison Turned Warehouse: Closed and Refurbished

By Joe Mathews
Militarizing Police and Prison Guards
Law and the Justice System

Militarizing Police and Prison Guards

By Craig Farris
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Social Justice

Biden Justice Department: Approach Youth with Equity Lens

By Carmen Daugherty
Locking Up Innocent People
Law and the Justice System

Locking Up Innocent People

By Laura Flanders
Ending Juvenile Probation
Juvenile Offenders

Ending Juvenile Probation Now

By Michael Fitzgerald
Photo: Grant Durr
Law and the Justice System

Prop 47 Five Years Later

By Cari Lynn
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Prison Reform

Ballot Proposal to Fund Alternatives to Incarceration

By Jeremy Loudenback
The Impacted Mother’s panel, from left to right: Dr. Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter-LA, Deanna Joseph, mother of police homicide victim, Andrew Joseph III, Dominic Archibald, mother of police homicide victim, Nathaniel Pickett, Jr., Jacqueline Lawrence, mother of police homicide victim, Keith Childress, Jr., Marion Gray-Hopkins, mother of police homicide victim, Gary Hopkins, Jr., Beatrice X “Aunt B” Johnson, co-founder of Love Not Blood Campaign, and Krystal Brown, widow of police homicide victim, Marlon Brown, Sr. – August 25, 2018, Los Angeles, Calif.
Progressive Issues

Called to Deeply Listen to Those Impacted by Police Violence

By Nissa Tzun
Trumpcare Travesty
Reader Feedback

Feedback Friday: Why So Little Economic Progress in South L.A.

By Guest Author
Mass Incarceration March
Prison Reform

Without Due Process: From Mass Incarceration to Assassination

By Maya Evans
Prop 47 True Cost
Prison Reform

How Much Does Prop 47 Really Cost?

By Nell Bernstein
Targeting the Poor
Past Events

The Law & Your Money — Followup

By Dick and Sharon
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Prison Reform

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Writing on the Wall

By Carolina Saldaña