Earlier this week the Los Angeles Unified School District announced an interesting partnership...
Archive - July 2012
Federal Detainees Housed in Privatized Facilities, Juvenile Justice Budget Cuts…and More
REPORT SAYS PRIVATIZED FACILITIES HOUSE 29% OF FEDERAL DETAINEES The Sentencing Project released a...
POTUS & Pardons, Undocumented Lawyers, & $$ for Faith-Based Prison Rehab
RACE, PARDONS, & THE PRESIDENT: REVIEWING A COMMUTATION REQUEST Barack Obama has not, thus...
Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Explains What He REALLY Meant About “The Gray Area”
On Tuesday, Undersheriff Paul Tanaka sent out a department-wide memo having to do with what he...
Boy Scouts Ban Gays, New Immigration Bill…and More
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA REAFFIRMS BAN ON GAYS The Boy Scouts of America reconfirmed their policy...
Edie & Thea v. DOMA…SF Does Smart Realignment…and More LAPD/Chalk Walk News
EDIE AND THEA V. THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT Edie Windsor, who is now 83, was with the same...
Life-Skills Programs Combat Juvie Crime, Baca’s Legal Issues, and “Breaking Bad”
LIFE-SKILLS PROGRAMS GREATLY REDUCE JUVIE ARREST RATES Enrolling disadvantaged teens in life-skills...
Happy (Day After) Birthday, Woody
Woody Guthrie would have been 100 years old on July 14.
New Felon Disenfranchisement Report, SD Drops Reentry Program That Cuts Recidivism, and States to Execute Mentally Disabled
REPORT SAYS FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT 5 TIMES GREATER THAN IN 1976 The Sentencing Project released...
Protesters Greet Ringling Bros. In LA, FBI’s Largest Review of Forensic Evidence, and…Bears
RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN, BUT NOT WITHOUT MUCH PROTEST FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS With...