WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE FED TRIAL OF FORMER LA COUNTY UNDERSHERIFF PAUL TANAKA The federal...
Archive - March 2016
The Prop. 47 Funding Debate, $30 Million Gang Injunction Settlement, and Merrick Garland
THERE’S A DISPUTE OVER HOW MUCH PROP. 47 IS SAVING CALIFORNIA, LEAVING FUNDS MEANT FOR...
Probation Chief Cal Remington Moves Quickly to Investigate Report of “Deplorable Conditions” In LA County’s Juvenile Hall
ALARMING REPORT TRIGGERS SPEEDY INVESTIGATION & “REMEDIATION” Earlier this week...
LAPD Commission Adopts New Use-of-Force Policy…Santa Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith’s Reform Efforts…and Criminalized Black Girls
NEW LAPD USE-OF-FORCE POLICIES FOCUS ON DE-ESCALATION On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police...
DOJ Tackles Profit-Focused Court Practices…the Healing Power of Poetry…the Human Toll of Jail…and More
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TAKES AIM AT UNJUST COURT FINES AND FEES On Monday, the US Department of Justice...
Report Alleges Deplorable Conditions, Misuse of Solitary Confinement, and Leadership Failure at LA County’s Juvenile Hall
LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY PRISON” On Valentine’s Day of this year, which was a Sunday...
Are LA’s Locked Up & Traumatized Girls Getting the Help They Need?
THE CHALLENGE OF HEALING LA COUNTY’S TRAUMATIZED GIRLS Incarcerated girls are more...
The Cost of Wrongful Convictions in California
A BREAKDOWN OF THE COSTS PASSED ON TO TAXPAYERS WHEN WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS OCCUR IN...
Breaking Down the School-to-Prison Pipeline
STUDENTS, PARENTS CALL FOR END TO HARSH SCHOOL DISCIPLINE Kids and parents from across California...
Update: Another Roadblock Cleared for CA Gov. Jerry Brown’s Criminal Justice Initiative
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ALLOWS GOV. BROWN TO CONTINUE WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE BALLOT INITIATIVE Two...