by Taylor Walker & Celeste Fremon In a 22-page order signed on Thursday, a federal district...
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Bill Would Give FCC Power to Cap Outrageous Intrastate Calls Between Inmates and Their Families
In 2013 and 2015, the Federal Communications Commission placed caps on how much companies can...
2 Supes Issue Call to Help “Crossover Kids,” Young People Failed—Not Once, But Twice—By LA County’s Juvenile Systems
We know that, statistically speaking, kids who spend time in LA County’s foster care...
Increasing Incarceration for Drug Use Doesn’t Help to Combat the Opioid Crisis, Says Pew Report
Incarcerating individuals for drug-related offenses does not lead to reduced drug use or fewer...
LA County Supes Aim at Gun Violence With Call for Stricter County Firearm Regulations & Creation of An Office of Violence Prevention
On Tuesday March 13, LA County Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl will ask their...
Pomona Police Officer Killed in 15-Hour Stand-Off With Suspect, Who is Reportedly a Mentally Ill Vet
Pomona PD Officer Greggory Casillas was sworn in only six months ago, and was nearly finished with...
ACLU Sues DHS & ICE for Separating Asylum-Seeking Parents From Their Kids
On November 1, 2017, a Congolese woman and her six-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. Port of...
Prop. 47 Not Responsible for Crime Rate Increases in 2015, Says New UCI Study—Prosecutors Disagree, UPDATED
by Taylor Walker & Celeste Fremon California’s voter-approved Proposition 47—which...
Bill Update: Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted, Independent Autopsies, and Gun Control
As California’s 2018 legislative session has been starting to gain momentum in February and...
LA County Supes Approve $5.9 Million Settlement for Mentally Ill Pretrial Inmate Who Sustained Brain Injury
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $5.9 million...