EDITOR’S NOTE: On Tuesday, the California Senate Judiciary Committee will debate a bill to...
Archive - April 2015
New Auditor-Controller Report Says LA County’s Juvie Probation Camps NOT in Compliance With DOJ Requirements
SO DOES “COMPLIANCE” MEAN, LIKE “COMPLIANCE?” Last month we reported that...
Video Shows San Bernardino Deputies Beating Man…Nurses Say Health Care in Alameda Jails is Broken…and Walter Scott
HELICOPTER FOOTAGE SHOWS A GROUP OF SAN BERNARDINO DEPUTIES BEATING A MAN ON THE GROUND AFTER A...
LA Supes End Ban on Parolee/Probationer Eligibility for Subsidized Housing….Steep Tickets Fund Courts and Bury CA’s Poor in Debt….Employment Barriers for Former Offenders…Town Hall Meetings on LASD Citizen’s Oversight Panel
SOME LA PAROLEES AND PROBATIONERS WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SECTION 8 VOUCHERS On Tuesday...
LA Officials to (Belatedly) Crack Down on Over-Drugging LA Kids….A Juvie Lifer Artist…and the Shooting of Walter Scott
MENTAL HEALTH OFFICIALS TO CRACK DOWN ON OVER-DRUGGING OF KIDS IN COUNTY CARE (UM…THAT WOULD...
LA DA Jackie Lacey Chats Candidly With Community Experts Re: Mental Health Diversion
MORE THAN THE USUAL SUSPECTS Last Friday, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey held a meeting...
More Bad News Re: Antipsychotics & Medicaid Children….How Should We Compensate the Wrongly Convicted?…..$5.3 Mil Possible Payout for LASD Shooting
NEW STUDY SHOWS ADDED HEALTH RISKS FOR CHILDREN TAKING ANTIPSYCHOTICS Last week we reported on an...
Prisoner Reentry Study, LA County Slow to Stop Funding Problem-Ridden Foster Care Group Home, another troubled CA Group Home, and Rolling Stone
STUDY TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT FORMER OFFENDERS’ PERSONAL HISTORIES AS THEY REENTER...
VISALIA: What Happened to Suspension Rates When a California School District Decided That ALL Its Kids Mattered?
VISALIA CHANGES COURSE California’s Visalia Unified School District used to suspend their...
Incompetent to Stand Trial and Warehoused in Jails, SFPD Chief Blasts SF DA’s Task Force, 22 Pardons, and P22
NO HOSPITAL BEDS: LA’S MENTALLY ILL AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED DEFENDANTS DECLARED...