8 BILLS TO CURB HARSH SCHOOL DISCIPLINE MOVE FORWARD IN LEGISLATURE Eight nice, new bills meant to...
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Prop. 8 Heads for SCOTUS, Lawsuit Challenges LAUSD Teacher Protections…and More
PROP 8 CASE MAKES IT PAST 9TH CIRCUIT (AGAIN) The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal on...
ENDORSEMENT: Choosing LA’s District Attorney…..and the Matter of Seeking Justice
Yesterday, while thinking about the race for Los Angeles District Attorney, I happened to reread...
Solitary Confinement as Torture, Problematic Plea Bargains, and Dependency Court Delays
LAWSUIT SAYS TIME IN SHUS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TORTURE The Center for Constitutional Rights filed a...
Kids Visit Locked-Up Fathers, Race Matters in Juvie Sentencing…and More
“GET ON THE BUS” TAKES KIDS TO SEE LOCKED UP DADS FOR FATHER’S...
At the Public Commission Meeting, A Shattered Father Speaks… by Matt Fleischer
AT THE JAIL COMMISSION COMMUNITY MEETING, A FATHER’S ANGUISHED TESTIMONY HAS EVERYONE...
Mentally Ill Housed in Jails, Families’ Rights to Autopsy Photo Privacy, and more…
STATE’S MENTALLY ILL WAIT IN JAILS FOR HOSPITAL SPACE TO BECOME AVAILABLE California’s...
Jail Commission Has Community Hearing Wednesday Night, Wants Your Input
Both the Christopher and the Kolts Commissions made good use of public hearings in creating their...
Louisiana Prison Capital of the World, Brian Banks Exonerated, and more…
LOUISIANA LEADS THE WORLD IN INCARCERATION RATES Louisiana has more people behind bars per...
For All Our Service People, Present and Past, With Gratitude
Above is Karl Marlantes, the author of the excellent Vietnam novel, Matterhorn and, more recently...