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Press Call: New Report Reveals Inconsistent Racial/Ethnic Data Categories at State-Level Youth Justice Agencies, Minimizing Latinx Youth Within the Justice System

On Tuesday, August 25, Alianza for Youth Justice and the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative are releasing a new “Call to Action” report detailing The Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System. The report shows that inconsistent data collection methods complicate race and ethnicity tracking across different stages in the youth justice system.

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Juvenile justice system undercounts, ignores Latinos, new report finds

“As our country undertakes a long overdue reckoning on race and justice, it is critical that Latinos be included in the conversation,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute and one of the report’s co-authors. “Far too often we are overlooked, but to effectively address inequities in the justice system,…

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Republican National Convention: Night Two

Sonja Diaz joins KTLA as a political analyst for the Republican National Convention on night two. “We find ourselves no better off with the pandemic and its response. We find ourselves not only dealing with racial reckoning, made top of mind with what happened in Wisconsin, but with climate change. We see wildfires in California and…

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Where Does President Donald Trump Stand With Voters Of Color?

Sonja Diaz, the founding executive director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA appeared as a guest speaker on AirTalk. “President Donald Trump participated in a naturalization ceremony last night despite the last four years of an administration that saw kids in cages, families separated at the border, a Muslim ban, and public charge rules….

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Study finds juvenile justice system undercounts Latinos

A new study from UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute indicates the juvenile justice system either is not collecting data on Latinx youth or is failing to collect the data consistently. CBS News contributor Maria Elena Salinas joins CBSN to discuss how it is possible that members of the country’s largest ethnic group are being undercounted.

Read More | August 29, 2020

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