SURVEY LOOKS AT WHY VOTERS PASSED PROP 36 A new survey from Californians for Safety and Justice...
Archive - November 2012
The Conservative War on Prisons, The LAPPL Challenges Riordan to a Debate….and Petraeus (Sure. Why not?)
CONSERVATIVES GO TO WAR AGAINST PRISONS In brilliant, must read article for Washington Monthly, ...
Continued LGBT Military Inequalities, Money Incentives for Corrections Facilities, and Dismissing Parole Violations
LGBT SERVICEMEMBERS STILL BRAVE INJUSTICE IN MILITARY A year after the landmark repeal of...
Chief of Troubled LA County Probation Hires 2 for Top Spots & Promises "Culture of Change"
Los Angeles County Probation Chief, Jerry Powers, has hired two talented outsiders to help him...
WA's Marijuana Law Already Has an Effect….'Script Drugs Have a Deadly Effect.. Prop 8 & SCOTUS
SLEWS OF MARIJUANA PROSECUTIONS DROPPED IN WASHINGTON Although the Washington State marijuana law...
VETERANS DAY: With Gratitude & Respect for Those Who Have Served
/> A FEW LITERARY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY “The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump...
Analyzing Criminal Justice Ballot Results, Challenging Prop 35, and Newly-Adopted LA Library ID Cards
NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BALLOT OUTCOMES AND EFFECTS In an interactive map post called...
DA Jackie Lacey Post-Election, Obama and SCOTUS, the Aftermath of Prop 34 Defeat and Prop 36 Victory
LOS ANGELES DISTRICT ATTORNEY-ELECT JACKIE LACEY’S HISTORIC WIN (AND WHAT’S NEXT) Newly...
Three-Strikes Reform, Former Inmates & The Joy of the Right to Vote
Norman Williams, who is in the photo above, was voting for the first time when the picture was...
Sheriff's Dept. Promotions Reportedly Manipulated at Orders of 2 Undersheriffs
Amid the flood of election coverage on Tuesday, those following the ongoing Los Angeles...