On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to send a formal, “five-signature...
Archive - September 2018
Op Ed: The Myth That Crime Rises as Prisons Shrink
California’s dramatic reduction in its prison populations hasn’t compromised public...
LASD Supervisors’ Union Endorses Jim McDonnell for Sheriff, A Nod That May Come With a Nice Pile of Cash
On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association (PPOA)—the main...
San Bernardino Deputy Violated Middle Schoolers’ Rights When He Arrested Them to “Prove a Point”
In a Monday ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said that San Bernardino County...
20,000 Lost Years and $2.2 Billion in Government Payouts – The Cost of Wrongful Convictions in America
Exonerated Americans have officially spent a total of more than 20,000 years in prison for crimes...
County Supes Hope to Save Lives by Boosting Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Services for First Responders
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion focused on...
#MeToo Behind Bars: Did the LA Sheriff’s Dept. Have Early Evidence That A Jail Deputy Was Sexually Abusing Women?
As the firing of CBS chief executive Les Moonves in the wake of another round assault and...
One Freshly Signed CA Law Aims to Improve Outcomes for Jailed Veterans, Another Bans Cities From Charging Defendants Prosecution Fees
Over the last week, California Governor Jerry Brown has been putting his bill-signing pen to work...
The 70 Million, a New Podcast That Aims to Transform U.S. Jails—One Great Story At A Time
Editor’s Note: There’s a new, recently-launched documentary podcast we thought might...
Juvenile Injustice: OJJDP Dismantles Protections for Youth of Color in the Justice System
Editor’s Note: This January, former Arkansas prosecutor Caren Harp was sworn in as the head...