LA County Bar Association Honors Two Juvenile Defenders

In a historic first, the Los Angeles County Bar Association has named two juvenile defense attorneys the “Defense Attorneys of the Year.” At its May 2017 Criminal Justice Awards dinner, long time juvenile defenders Rourke Stacy of the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office and Maureen Pacheco of the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender’s …

PJDC Featured in New Report on Deincarceration

PJDC’s work in helping to reduce population in California’s state facilities for juveniles is featured in Breaking Down the Walls, a new report from the Youth First Initiative.  The report details transformational campaigns in six states over the past two decades aimed at dismantling the current system of youth incarceration and establishing more effective …