Media Access to Courts Involving Minors Sparks Debate in Los Angeles - Juvenile Justice Information ExchangeJuvenile Justice Information Exchange Media Access to Courts Involving Minors Sparks Debate in Los Angeles - Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
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This March, Los Angeles’ dependency courts — where rulings are made whether children remain in foster homes or return to their parents’ or previous legal guardians’ custody — opened to the media for the first time since the 1960s. After an attempt to open the state’s children’s courts failed in a st