On Thursday night LA mayoral candidates allowed themselves to be grilled for nearly two hours on...
BIg Mike Gets Wellness Foundation's Peace Prize, the LA Weekly Profiles Baca…and More
THE WELLNESS FOUNDATION CELEBRATES BIG MIKE Last night, Michael “Big Mike” Cummings was...
Sen. Ted Lieu Says It Should Be a Felony if Parolees Cut Off GBS Devices
According to State Senator Ted Lieu, around 800 California parolees who were assigned GBS...
Hundreds of Letters From Kids & Adults Pour in for School-to-Prison Pipeline Senate Hearing…and More
As we mentioned earlier, the US Senate Subcommittee on on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human...
Unusual Bedfellows for CA Realignment Reform….The Homeboy 5K….The Anti-Suspension School…..& More
UNLIKELY NEW BFFs UNITE OVER PUSH FOR BETTER REENTRY PROGRAMS & NO NEW JAILS IN CA...
Thoughts on SCOTUS & Prop 8 Possibilites…Victims of the False Confession Capital…and Wolves
Now that we know that the US Supreme Court will, indeed, consider the issue of California’s...
Supremes Will Rule on Prop 8 & the Edie Windsor DOMA Case! AMAZING.
A lot of people have good stories on SCOTUS’s Friday pleasantly amazing decision to hear both...
Baca Must Fork Over Unredacted Ruben Salazar Files….and More
MALDEF PRIES UNREDACTED RUBEN SALAZAR RECORDS AWAY FROM BACA AFTER 2 YEARS OF POINTLESS LEGAL...
Sheriff Baca Changes Stance on S-Comm, Florida's Model Juvenile Justice System…and More
SHERIFF BACA WON’T HOLD LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS FOR ICE Sheriff Lee Baca announced Wednesday that...
Congressional Hearing on "School-to-Prison Pipeline," Correctional Guards and PTSD…and More
SEN. DURBIN TAKES ZERO-TOLERANCE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ISSUES TO THE NATIONAL STAGE Senator Dick...
DA Lacey is Sworn in, Board of Supes to Appoint Jails Reform Monitor…and More
JACKIE LACEY IS SWORN IN AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY—LA’s FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST BLACK DA Frank...
Will SCOTUS Take on Gay Rights?, Few Federal Prisoners Receive Compassionate Release…and More
WHY NO INFO (YET) FROM SCOTUS ON PENDING GAY RIGHTS CASES? The Supreme Court was expected to...
Witness Says Deputies Shot Unarmed, Nonthreatening Man, CA TRUST ACT 2.0…and More
WITNESS AND DEPUTIES HAVE DIFFERENT STORIES ON OFFICER-INVOLVED FATAL SHOOTING A woman who...
THE ART OF CHANGING BRAINS: Neurofeedback and Incarcerated Kids
EDITOR’S NOTE: Next year, among other topics, we’ll be looking deeply into how we...
Shifting Views on Incarceration, SCOTUS & Gay Rights Controversy…and More
with Celeste Fremon LOCK-UPS AND CRIME REDUCTION CONCEPTS Nationally-renowned corrections expert...
OC Sheriff Faces Cancer Diagnosis, Riordan Pension Reform Nixed, and Green Dot Finalist for Major Fed Grant
OC SHERIFF HUTCHENS SAYS BREAST CANCER WON’T STOP HER Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens...
DA declines to file on LASD Captain Bernice Abrams for Protecting Accused Drug Dealer
Over the weekend, another chapter surfaced in one of the many perplexing sagas that continue to...
SCOTUS to Decide on Friday Whether to Rule on CA's Prop 8….and Other Stories
WILL THE SUPREMES RULE ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF GAY MARRIAGE OVERALL…OR ONLY SEE LESS...