NEW CA BILL WOULD EXTEND TATTOO REMOVAL SERVICES TO FORMER SEX WORKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN...
Archive - July 2012
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 3 – The Commander
Straight-backed and going gray with a closely clipped beard, when former LASD commander Bob Olmsted...
The Sheriff and the Undersheriff Will Testify Today at the Jails Commission
Today, Friday, Sheriff Lee Baca and Undersheriff Paul Tanaka are scheduled to testify before the...
Effects of Transferring Prisoners Out-of-State, What’s Next for Juvie LWOP-ers…and More
OUT-OF-STATE TRANSFERS OF PRISONERS POSE MORE PROBLEMS THAN SOLUTIONS, SAYS REPORT The Center on...
A Brighter Perspective on Realignment, 69 Parolees Arrested Under Operation Guardian, CDCR’s Open Forum on Rehabilitation…and More
PREVIOUS REALIGNMENT DOUR REPORTS WERE OVERSTATED According to a new report from the Chief...
Protests Continue In Anaheim Over Police Killings, LA City Council Goes Med Weed Crazy….and Considering Insanity Pleas
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: The U.S. Attorney’s office has agreed to review the weekend shootings...
Springsteen at 15,000 Words & Dave Eggers’ Global Parable
THE BOSS @ 15,000 As a respite from the hard news of the day, two stories about artists—one...
US Corrections Infographic, GA Stays Execution of Mentally Disabled Killer…and More
“THE HIGH COST OF CORRECTIONS IN AMERICA: INFOGRAPHIC” Pew Center on the States has...
Gathering Some Thoughts About the Murders in Aurora
Over the weekend, it was hard to focus on news other than the shootings in Aurora, Colorado, where...
THE UNDERSHERIFF & THE GRAY, Part 2 – by Matthew Fleischer
THE UNDERSHERIFF & THE GRAY Other law enforcement officers weigh in, plus an internal LASD...