NEW STUDY SHOWS THE AGGREGATE YEARLY COST OF INCARCERATION IN THE U.S TOPS $1 TRILLION For years...
Archive - September 2016
Better Serving Kids with Locked-up Parents, two LAPD Shootings, and Judge Michael Nash Remembers Ed Edelman
SAN FRANCISCO TAKES STEPS TO HELP KIDS WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND The San...
Door-to-Door Deputies, the Hunt for the Next Probation Chief, Women with Locked-up Loved Ones, and More
LASD DEPUTIES MEET WITH 500 WILLOWBROOK NEIGHBORS TO DISCUSS CONCERNS Over the weekend, more than...
Case Going to Trial of LA Sheriff’s Investigator Claiming Retaliation for Refusing to Falsify Job Apps & to Raise Big $$ for Tanaka
NO SETTLEMENT, GOING TO COURT In early 2015, former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Ban...
Since 2013, No Complaints of Biased Policing Have Been Sustained by LAPD
LAPD COMMISSIONER WANTS “REAL AND MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE” ABOUT BIAS WITHIN THE...
RISE High…and Officers Shooting into Cars
$10 MILLION TO START A MULTI-LOCATION (AND MOBILE) SCHOOL FOR LA’S MOST VULNERABLE...
What is “Voluntary” Juvenile Probation? And Does it Help or Harm LA County’s Kids? – by Jeremy Loudenback
EDITOR’S NOTE: The consistent decline in juvenile crime, along with study after study showing...
Will the LA County Board of Supes Consult Community Experts Before Choosing a New Probation Chief?
Last week we wrote about the five finalists being considered for the position of chief of Los...
Noteworthy New Laws, and Bills on the Governor’s Desk….and Policing Skid Row
CALIFORNIA’s JUSTICE-RELATED BILLS—SOME SIGNED INTO LAW, AND SOME...
A Police Commission Nominee…and Prison Strikes
LA MAYOR TAPS LIBERTY HILL PREZ FOR LA POLICE COMMISSION SEAT On Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric...