At Tuesday’s LA County Supervisors’ meeting, the board voted 4-0 in favor of triggering...
Archive - February 2016
Report Says LA County Probation Dept. is Failing Incarcerated Kids Badly After They Are Released
LA COUNTY PROBATION’S JUVENILE REENTRY CRISIS More than two years ago, LA County Probation...
SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia is Dead.
There will be a zillion stories on the significance of a vacancy occurring in the nation’s...
CA’s New Prisons Chief, the Homelessness Plan, Baca’s Guilty Plea, and Chief Beck on the “Ferguson Effect”
MEET CA’S NEW REFORM-MINDED CORRECTIONS CHIEF, SCOTT KERNAN The California Department of...
Day of Reckoning: The Strange and Memorable Afternoon When Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Pleaded Guilty to a Felony
BACA GOES TO COURT On Wednesday afternoon, around five minutes before the 2:30 p.m. plea hearing...
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca Pleads to Felony Charge That Would Likely Involve Time in Lock-Up
Early Wednesday morning the news began to leak that former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca had agreed...
OVER-CRIMINALIZATION: Why Are LA’s Foster Kids More Likely to Be Charged With Crimes?
THE OVER-CRIMINALIZATION OF LA’S FOSTER CHILDREN by Carrie Wang and Rachel Kohn Monserrat...
A Deal Is Struck! No Retrial for Two LA Sheriff’s Deputies Accused of Beating Jail Inmate, But Prison Sentences Likely
If all goes as expected, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Joey Aguiar and Mariano...
Homelessness in LA, a Heartbreaking South LA Shooting, Prison Yogis…and More
A LOOK AT THE NUMBER$ AS LA COUNTY SUPES CONSIDER HOMELESSNESS PLAN ON TUESDAY The LA County Board...
Persons of Interest: Who Will Be LA County’s Next Probation Chief – by Jeremy Loudenback
PERSONS OF INTEREST Searching for LA County’s Next Probation Chief by Jeremy Loudenback LA...