After three days of dramatic testimony in the trial of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
Archive - May 2016
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A Federal Jury Weighs Competing “Truths” After “Honor Recruit” Deputy Tells About Kicks to the Crotch of a Mentally Ill Inmate and Other Alleged Brutality
COMPETING NARRATIVES & DECIDING WHOM TO BELIEVE The most recent jail brutality case brought...
The Twin Towers Jail Inmate Abuse Trial Continues With More Courtroom Drama to Come
The latest federal trial involving members of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department accused of...
Pretrial Detention and the Poor, an Asset Forfeiture Bill, Steve Lopez on Homelessness, and LA Supe. Candidates on Child Welfare
CASH BAIL KEEPS POOR PEOPLE LOCKED UP (UNNECESSARILY) AND IMPOVERISHED A new report from the Prison...
LA County Child Abuse and Neglect Report…Sheriff McDonnell on AirTalk…and Rehabilitation, Reentry, and “Human Frailty”
REPORT GIVES RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BETTER CATCH AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT On Tuesday...
LASD Deputies Sentenced in Jail Abuse Trial
On Monday, Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, Joey Aguiar and Mariano Ramirez were sentenced to 18...
Sentence Enhancements, LASD Psychologist Accused of Molesting Kids, and One School’s 100% College-Bound Student Body
OPINION – MICHELLE ALEXANDER SAYS TOSS OUT DRUG SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS Sentence...
Latest LA County Sheriff’s Dept. Jail Inmate Abuse Trial Begins Tuesday
On Tuesday, jury selection begins for one more federal trial involving members of the Los Angeles...
Supervisor Candidates on Foster Care and Juvie Justice…the OC Jailhouse Snitch Blog…High Court Hearing on Brown’s Justice Measure…and Homelessness
FIND OUT WHAT THE 5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR HOPEFULS THINK ABOUT CHILD WELFARE, JUVENILE JUSTICE...