LA COUNTY SUPES LIKELY TO VOTE ON CREATING AN “OFFICE OF DIVERSION” TO KEEP MENTALLY...
Archive - August 2015
BLUE: Joe Domanick Writes About Saving the LAPD & the Crossroads of American Policing
Award-winning journalist and author Joe Domanick has been a long time critic of bad policing...
School Achievement and the Unmentionable “I” Word
The achievement gap between white students and minority students narrowed by nearly 20 points...
Juvie Solitary Confinement, College in Prison, Alleged Boot Camp Abusers Arrested, and Kelly Thomas’ Death Violated Police Policy
A BIPARTISAN PUSH TO BAN THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY HARMFUL USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ON KIDS LOCKED UP...
Far-Reaching DOJ Settlement With LA County Sheriff’s Department to Trigger Major Jail Reform
The long-expected settlement between the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S...
WitnessLA on KCRW’s Press Play With Madeleine Brand Talking About the Ins & Outs of the LASD/DOJ Settlement
On Wednesday, I was on KCRW’s news talk show, Press Play, with the always excellent Madeleine...
Thousands of CA’s Disenfranchised Will Soon Gain Voting Rights, LA Supes Hear Reports on Mental Health Diversion and Jail Building, and 20-Year Interviews in Solitary
CA SECRETARY OF STATE MOVES TO END FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF AB 109’ERS UNDER...
Screening ACEs in New Places, Salinas High Cuts Suspensions by 70%, and Wolves
USING THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE AS A SCREENING TOOL IN NON-MEDICAL SETTINGS...
Are California Prosecutors “Stuck in the ’70’s?” A New Report Says YES.
The primary power in both our American justice system in general, and in California’s justice...
South Dakota Firefighter Killed Battling Northeastern California Wildfire
David Ruhl, a South Dakota firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service, was killed Thursday while...