On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to collect...
Archive - August 2018
Lawsuit Says Private GPS Monitoring Company Extorts Low Income Alameda Residents in “Pay-or-Jail” Scheme
Alameda County is allowing Leaders in Community Alternatives (LCA), a private company providing the...
The LA Sheriff’s Department Needs Body Cams! So, Let’s Get On With It!
On Tuesday, August 7 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion to hire an...
The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison – Including in CA
Data Show the Number of Inmates Returning to Prison 3 Years Later Is Down By Nearly a...
Sanctuary Cities, Separation of Powers & the Question of Who Carries the Nation’s Purse
On Wednesday, August 1, a three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a...
Privatized: 15 Years of For-Profit Prison Growth
From 2000 to 2016, the United States’ use of controversial for-profit prisons to lock up...
Civilian Deaths in LAPD Standoffs 13 Years Apart Show the Difficulty & Sometimes Devastating Results of Split-Second Decisions
By Taylor Walker and Celeste Fremon On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department’s new...