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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Thousands of 16- to 30-year-olds could benefit from relief that will let them work legally, and stop fearing deportation.

L.A.'s school police and district react to reports of thousands of tickets issued to Latino and black middle-school students.

In New York City, the NYPD is under fire for the rate at which officers issue citations.

A report looks at how three troubled California communities are struggling with high suspension rates of vulnerable students.

Public radio, the Center report on L.A. school police ticketing that federal education officials are now scrutinizing.

Los Angeles school punishment data attract federal scrutiny

Education Department guidelines follow disputes over standards for students

Los Angeles schools have the largest school police force in the nation, with officers issuing thosands of tickets every year to students.

As concerns over student-police relations rise nationally, data shows 40 percent of LA school police citations go to kids 14 and under.

UPDATED: Schools' police chief responds to new citations data.

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