DHS is keeping track of jurisdictions that deny ICE detainer requests.
Archive - March 2017
Internet Access for Kids in Juvenile Lock-up and Foster Care
A bill aims to ensure that kids locked up in juvenile halls and camps have reasonable access to...
CA Senators Introduce Bill Package to Reform Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems
On Monday, California Senators Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) and Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens)...
LA Probation Chief Says Probe Found 7 Other Force Incidents Against Kids, But Are There More?
Investigation Finds 7 More staff Incidents LA County Chief of Probation Terri McDonald announced in...
WitnessLA Discusses the Long Road to Baca’s Conviction on KCRW & KPFK
KCRW’S THE MIXER with Steve Chiotakis: 89.9 FM On a segment with the droll title If First...
Goodby to the Godfather of Rock & Roll: R.I.P Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry’s importance to rock music cannot possibly be overestimated. Mick Jagger, wrote...
THE RETRIAL OF LEE BACA: How LA County’s Popular Sheriff Got Convicted
The Verdict On Wednesday, March 15, a few minutes before 2 o’clock in the afternoon, an eight-man...
OC Supes End Contract with Global Tel*Link Subsidiary Over “Punishing” Fees Charged to Inmates’ Families
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to drop a contract with TouchPay Holdings, a...
Big Questions Remain After LA County Probation Releases New Data on Juvenile “Voluntary Probation” Program
YOUTH ARRESTS DROP IN LA COUNTY, BUT NUMBER OF THOSE ON “VOLUNTARY PROBATION” HAS SHOT...
THE RETRIAL OF LEE BACA: The Jury Finds Baca Guilty on All 3 Counts
FEDERAL JURY FINDS LEE BACA GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS Conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of...