LA COUNTY’S LARGEST YOUTH PROBATION CAMP SEES MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ON FORMERLY APPALLING...
Archive - August 2012
Will Gov. Jerry Cave to Political Pressure & Veto SB9, the Juvie LWOP Bill?
Is Jerry Brown really considering vetoing SB9, the bill that would give some of those sentenced as...
Update On the Fate of LA Juvenile Probation’s Sports Program, GOP Platform Calls for More Inmate Rehabilitation…and More
LA SUPERVISORS DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF CAMP KILPATRICK’S SPORTS PROGRAM There are concerns that...
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 5 – Revisiting the Testimony of Undersheriff Paul Tanaka
Tanaka’s testimony may not have provided the commission members with the answers they hoped to...
The Push to Make PTSD a Qualifier for OR Medical Marijuana, the Dangers of Being a Confidential Informant in the War on Drugs…and More
VETERANS’ PTSD NOT YET A QUALIFIER FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE Right now, Oregon veterans...
Fed Subpoena May Pertain to Tanaka “Work the Gray” Incident, a Well-liked LAPD Deputy Chief Retires, & More on Solitary Confinement
ARE THE FEDS EXAMINING ONE OF THE UNDERSHERIFF’S INMFAMOUS “WORK THE GRAY”...
The Right Stuff: Neil Armstrong R.I.P. 1930 – 2012
He was shy, a geeky engineer type who had none of the charisma of, say, John Glenn, the all...
Why Won’t Lee Baca Release All the Records on LA’s Costly Participation in “Secure Communities?”
THE MYSTERY OF SHERIFF LEE BACA’S STUBBORN SECRECY AROUND LA’S COSTLY SECURE...
LA’s D.A. Steve Cooley and SF’s D.A. George Gascon Square Off About Realignment, 3- Strikes Reform, & the Death Penality
Today, Friday, KQED together with the Center for Investigative Reporting wraps up their excellent...
The LAPD Union Reads WLA & Changes its Tune on SB9—At Least a Little
No. The LAPPL leadership isn’t suddenly clasping SB 9—the Juvie LWOP reform...