ACLU SAYS PRISON PLANNING MEETINGS SHOULD BE OPEN TO PUBLIC Quite a number of people are unhappy...
Realignment
Crisis in LA Foster Care Placements……Jerry Brown’s For-Profit Prison Plan…. Another “Right on Crime” Surprise
KIDS TAKEN INTO FOSTER CARE OFTEN PUT IN OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOMS WHILE AWAITING PLACEMENT In an...
TWO MANY WOMEN: the Hidden Overcrowding in California’s Prisons – by Matthew Fleischer
TOO MANY WOMEN: Are California’s female inmates bearing the brunt of the state’s...
As Probation Arms More Officers, Are They Getting the Right Training? by Matthew Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: Under AB 109—AKA realignment—thousands of low-level offenders who...
The Mysteriously Expanding Jail Construction Plan—$1.5 Billion and Counting
Alright, so when we last discussed the topic of jail building back in March of this year, LA County...
HBO Documentary on Public Defenders, the Case for Split Sentencing, and Juvie LWOP
“GIDEON’S ARMY”—THE PLIGHT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER On Monday, HBO aired a...