STUDY: FAR BETTER OUTCOMES FOR KIDS SUPERVISED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAN IN DETENTION A remarkable...
Archive - January 2015
Jail Population Declining, Unsolved Homicides Update, Unaccounted-for Mental Health $$, and Sluggish County Settlements,
LA COUNTY JAIL POPULATION DOWN THROUGH PROP 47 AND BOOST TO SPLIT-SENTENCING LA County has started...
The Presumption of Innocence & the Presumption of Dangerousness
This past weekend, UC Irvine’s Literary Journalism Program together with UCI’s School...
Closing Unsolved Homicide Cases in LA, Outside Investigations of Cops’ Use of Force, “Tactical Retreat,” and “Suicide-by-Cop”
LAPD CLOSED HUNDREDS OF UNSOLVED MURDER CASES As part of the Los Angeles News Group’s...
“Ghettoside”….Unsolved Murders….a CA Prison Healthcare Company and Inmate Deaths…and Helping Homeless Kids
“HOMICIDE REPORT” CREATOR JILL LEOVOY’S NEW BOOK PORTRAYS VIOLENCE IN INNER CITY...
Suit Against LASD Over Leaks to LA Times….White Privilege in the Justice System….Realignment Tweak….and More
FORMER LA OFFICERS SUE SHERIFF’S DEPT OVER PERSONAL RECORDS LEAKED TO LA TIMES...
LA State of the Union Honorees, DOJ Unlikely to Charge Darren Wilson, Raising the Age, and SCOTUS’ Religious Freedom Ruling
LOS ANGELES COPS AND FELON-TURNED-PRISON-REFORMER HONORED AT STATE OF THE UNION First lady Michelle...
Cops, Group Homes & Criminalized Kids — by Brian Rinker
COPS, GROUP HOMES & CRIMINALIZED KIDS Is There Collateral Damage If Law Enforcement is Called...
Blue is the New White: The Complexity of Talking About Police Reform – by Bill Boyarsky
EDITOR’S NOTE: In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Barak Obama...
California’s School Counselor Problem… The LA Sheriff’s Department’s Transparency Problem…Changing the Double Jeopardy of “Dual Status” Kids
CALIFORNIA HAS THE NATION’S WORST STUDENT-TO-COUNSELOR RATIO & IT’S KEEPING KIDS...