A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE PRISON-OVERCROWDING TUNNEL? On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown sounded hopeful...
Archive - November 2013
Should the LA Board of Supervisors Approve An Electronic Monitoring Contract With the Company That OC Just Fired for a String of Failures? – UPDATED
UPDATE: The vote on the Sentinel Offender Services contract was postponed until next Tuesday...
Help for San Diego’s Jailed Vets, Prop 36 Outcomes, and SCOTUS Lets Alabama Continue Controversial “Judicial Override”
A SAN DIEGO JAIL’S ENCOURAGING NEW PROGRAM FOR VETERANS San Diego County’s Vista...
New Approach to Juvie Crime is Working in Red Hook….Should Taxpayers Pay the LASD’s Punitive Damages?…..Paul Tanaka Says Sheriff Baca Shut Down Narco Investigation…..Insane Justice ….and More
A HUMANE, COMMUNITY-ORIENTED APPROACH TO JUVIE & ADULT CRIME IS WORKING IN RED HOOK, SAYS NEW...
New LA Weekly Bob Olmsted Profile…LA’s Foster Care-Involved Teen Moms Passing on Abuse…Shocking LWOP Sentences…and SCOTUS Looks at Warrantless Search Case
ON SHERIFF-CHALLENGER BOB OLMSTED AND THE SHERIFF SHOWDOWN LA Weekly’s Gene Maddaus, one of...
Sheriff Baca’s Well-Paid Civilian Aide Relieved of Duty After ABC-7 Probe
For nearly 14 years, Bishop Edward Turner has functioned as one of Sheriff Lee Baca’s top...
A Mind Shattered by Solitary, A California Problem School Overhauled, and the Death Penalty’s Core Defect
LIFE WASTED BY JUSTICE MISCARRIED AND PROLONGED ISOLATION The Atlantic’s Andrew Cohen has a...
$210K in Punitive Damages Brings Total for Jails Case to nearly $1 Million …Plus Brain Scans in Court….and Cops & Seatbelts
At around 4:30 on Thursday, the seven-person federal jury brought back another $210,000 in damages...
Much Awaited Stanford Study Recommends 4 Important Realignment Fixes
NEW STANFORD STUDY HAS 4 RECOMMENDED FIXES FOR REALIGNMENT The passage of California’s Public...
New Video Breaks Down “Zero-Tolerance” with Sitcoms…Realignment Study Part 2…Trauma Lingers Long After Release from Solitary…Supes to Interview Contenders for IG over LASD
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AS TOLD BY WILL SMITH, FERRIS BUELLER, ZACK MORRIS On Monday, the Advancement...