In a string of motions filed early this week, Nathan Hochman, the attorney for former Los Angeles...
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It’s Bill-Signing Season in Sacramento
Over the last few days (and certainly for the next several days) California Governor Jerry Brown...
Federal $$$ to Improve Local Justice Systems
Over the past week, a number of noteworthy federal funding awards have been announced. Several of...
FBI Releases 2015 Crime Numbers
IN 2015, VIOLENT CRIMES, ESPECIALLY MURDERS, WENT UP BUT WE’RE STILL EXPERIENCING A...
Controversial New Probation Policy Makes It Easier for Staff to Get Promoted After Being Disciplined for “Inappropriate Conduct”
Los Angeles County Probation has recently instituted a policy making it easier for staff who have...
Newly Signed Criminal Justice Laws, Youth Planting Trees, and New Data on Foster Students
GOV. BROWN SIGNS IMPORTANT CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILLS: OPENJUSTCE AND EDUCATION FOR LOCKED-UP KIDS On...
Mapping Jail Spending in Los Angeles County
UCLA RESEARCHERS CREATE INCARCERATION SPENDING MAP OF LA COUNTY A new project from UCLA...
Massachusetts Supremes Rule That Black Men May Have a Legitimate Reason to Flee from Cops
In what is likely to be a controversial ruling, on Tuesday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...
New Study Says It Costs $1 Trillion to Lock up Americans Each Year
NEW STUDY SHOWS THE AGGREGATE YEARLY COST OF INCARCERATION IN THE U.S TOPS $1 TRILLION For years...
Better Serving Kids with Locked-up Parents, two LAPD Shootings, and Judge Michael Nash Remembers Ed Edelman
SAN FRANCISCO TAKES STEPS TO HELP KIDS WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND The San...