Susan Ferriss

Reporter  The Center for Public Integrity
sferriss@publicintegrity.org
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Susan Ferriss has investigated a range of issues, from environmental destruction and real-estate fraud to police corruption and international drug trafficking. As a prize-winning Latin America correspondent for Cox Newspapers, her reports included stories on child labor, child migration and transnational gangs. She also covered California state government, politics and immigration at the Sacramento Bee. Susan is co-author of The Fight in the Fields, a history of Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement.

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A Goldman Sachs loan to NYC will pay for a new youth offender program, and deliver a profit or loss depending on the program's success.

An annual report is a mixed bag, showing fewer teen pregnancies and less violent crime, but more poverty and exposure to air pollution.

Lawmakers, education officials in some states say it's time to embrace alternatives to removing students from classrooms as punishment.

L.A.'s school police chief said his department didn't have the ability to analyze the ages, ethnicity, grade level of students ticketed.

Police chief wants less ticketing for young kids, more out-of-court solutions.

While a report condemns Penn State leaders in the Jerry Sandusky case, a North Dakota agent shows how to do right by kids.

California bucks trend; politics or money to blame?

With young illegal immigrants an election-year football, politicians often leave out why there's no 'right way' to attempt to immigrate.

A Supreme Court decision means thousands will be eligible to get hearings for new sentences for crimes committed as minors.

Florida public defenders ask for juveniles to be removed from privately run rehabilitation center.

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