Last week, on July 21, LA County’s Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of moving forward...
Archive - July 2020
Dispatch From San Quentin: Proximity Hurts
I just found out my friend died. He contracted COVID-19 in San Quentin State Prison after a botched...
Crime Rates Did Not Rise Under Coronavirus-Propelled Decarceration, Says Report
In a report released Monday, the ACLU’s analytics team examined 29 large cities in counties...
The Executioners: Does a Violent Deputy Gang Rule LA County’s Compton Station?
In a new legal claim, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy describes how the Compton Sheriff’s...
OIG Report Reveals How Administrative Failures Allowed Coronavirus to Explode Inside a Federal Prison Complex in Lompoc
A new report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Inspector General has identified a series...
More COVID Heartbreak: First Sworn LAPD Officer Dies of COVID-19
On Friday morning, July 24, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore announced that the...
Two Newly Passed Board Motions Hope to Reimagine Los Angeles Forever – Including Turning LA Into An Antiracist County
"These two big things happening in our lives," said the supervisor, "the moment of George Floyd and...
Op-Ed: People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19
Randall Jordan-Aparo, Darren Rainey and Latandra Ellington are not household names. But like...
Op-Ed: When Reimagining Justice in Our Communities, Probation Must Be Part of the Conversation
We recognize this is a time of change, and we believe that challenging preconceptions is healthy...
R.I.P. Congressman John Lewis: February 21, 1940 — July 17, 2020. Thank You for the “Good Trouble.”
“We’re going to have generations for years to come that will be prepared to get in trouble...