A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.
LA Times is seeking LA County domestic violence/stalking survivors to share restraining order experiences for an investigation into court denials and enforcement failures.
Three mothers shared their stories of being released from jail to live in homes run by LA County. The program is part of a broader effort to divert moms and other vulnerable groups from the jail system.
After records requests were denied, a reporter used lawsuits and monitor reports to expose severe understaffing and failures in Illinois' prison health care — despite a court-ordered consent decree.
An Illinois reporter shares how she used alternative records and sources to reveal abuse, spark accountability, and push transparency despite judicial secrecy.
Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according to reports from an independent court monitor, legal experts and people held in Illinois prisons.
While mounting pressures cut across the profession, they fall heaviest on freelancers, self-employed journalists and those from community and ethnic media.
Inside detention centers and federal buildings like Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza, children are separated from their parents, held in undisclosed locations, and left with emotional and physical wounds.
Are stricter felony drug possession penalties effective tools for propelling users into care? One reporter's deep dive raises serious doubts.
Fewer than a third of defendants seeking Mental Health Diversion were admitted in Butte County, California.
