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California Law to Close Group Homes Stresses Importance of Family for Every Foster Kid
via youthtoday

Photos by Sara Tiano According to Katrina Alston, the ratio of staff to foster children is insufficient. Where she worked, there was one staff member assigned to six girls. Katrina Alston wasn’t trained as a therapist, social worker or anything of...
Cover up: Ex-LA County sheriff indicted for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying to FBI
via sott

A federal grand jury has indicted former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca for conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI, in order to cover up civil rights abuses inside his jails. Lee Baca is now officially facing...
Why Did LA County Inmate Unique Moore Die? Lawsuit, Investigation Raise New Questions About Women's Jail
via huffingtonpost

Photo via justicenotjails.org Before breakfast on November 8, 2014 in the women's jail in Los Angeles County, a popular inmate named Unique Moore started coughing and complained that she couldn't breathe. A 37-year-old African-American, she had a history...
City of Davis Became a Sanctuary City in 2007
via davisvanguard

Yesterday afternoon it was reported that the Los Angeles Police Department is “no longer heeding federal immigration requests to hold inmates who might be deportable past their jail terms, unless a judge has vetted the request, Mayor Eric Garcetti...
Judge in Lexi's case allowed tribal 'blessing' in courtroom
via worldnetdaily

Image from GoFundMe page for family Three weeks after Lexi, a 6-year-old taken from her biological parents because of their drug and criminal histories, was forcibly removed from her foster family, the only family she’s ever known, a prayer vigil was...