Between 2010 and 2016, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department booked 173,023 women into...
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Is LA County’s Mira Loma Women’s Jail Project Dead? And Did the New Sheriff Help Kill It?
It’s not yet a done deal, but absent some kind of dramatic intervention, it appears that the...
“Reform LA Jails” Initiative Headed for 2020 Ballot, After Supes Decline to Fast Track the Measure
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to send a jail reform...
LA County Supes Tell Sheriff McDonnell To Stop Helping the LAPD Record Potentially Compromising Attorney-Client Conversations
On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to send a formal, “five-signature...
LA Moves Closer to Building a $2.2 Billion “Mental Health” Jail
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to move forward with the...
More Training and a “Change in Culture” Means Fewer Serious Uses of Force in LA County Jails, Sheriff’s Report Says
Serious uses of force against inmates are down in LA County’s Inmate Reception Center...