WANT FEDERAL $$$ FOR LA SCHOOLS? TOUGH, SAYS THE LA TEACHER’S UNION The Los Angeles Unified...
Archive - October 2012
Once Lifer Mario Rocha Celebrates Anniversary of Freedom, FBI Stats on Weed Arrests & Funding for Smart Research on Realignment
EDITOR’S NOTE: While we keep an eye on the safety and well being of our family and friends...
Head of CA Prisons, Matt Cate, Leaving. Choice of Replacement Critical
CDCR Director, Matthew Cate, is leaving his position as head of the California’s prison...
Willingham Family Wants Posthumous Pardon, Gov. Brown and Madeleine Brand Talk Prop 30, and Underground Education
FAMILY OF EXECUTED MAN SEEKS PARDON EIGHT YEARS LATER We are just over a week away from voting on...
DOJ Blinks, Gives County’s Juvie Probation Camps a New 2014 Deadline for Reforms & No Consent Decree—Despite Discouraging Lack of Progress
LA COUNTY PROBATION CAMPS FAIL (AGAIN) TO MAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS, DOJ DOES ZIP TO HOLD...
LA Times Questions Baca’s Immigrant Jailing Policy….The Un-Tapped 10 Percent of Voters (Felons)…& When Bad Science Produces Bad Evidence
LA TIMES SAYS BACA OWES US A BETTER EXPLANATION ABOUT HIS JAILING OF IMMIGRANTS Thursday’s LA...
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, LAPD Chief’s Immigrant Strategies, Banning Puppy Mills, and More
HELPING GIRLS ENTANGLED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM A new report from the Georgetown Center on...
Does Prop 34, the Death Penalty Initiative, Have a Chance of Passing?
LET’S HEAR FROM THE POLLS According to the latest CA initiative poll, 42.9% are in favor of...
Economics and Kids’ Brains, Pretrial Successes, and Overpaid Prison Doctors
KIDS’ BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENT Socioeconomic status plays a role in the...
CLARIFICATION Re: Those LASD Donations & the Promotions Lists
CLEARING UP THE CONFUSION ABOUT THE LASD DONATIONS & the PROMOTIONS LISTS When we originally...