My friend Jorja Leap has written a wonderful new book called Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me About...
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Sheriff Lee Baca Considers Closing Parts of Men’s Central Jail….and More News
Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, of the LA Times report that Sheriff Lee Baca may be planning to...
Foxconn, Apple, This American Life….and Reactions to the Great News Retraction
On January 6, of this year Ira Glass’s This American Life aired a show about the FoxConn...
Anatomy of Injustice: Ray Bonner Talks About His “Labor of Outrage”
People often ask Pulitzer-winning journalist turned author, Raymond Bonner, if his new book...
Friday Must Reads: Birth Control, Secret Spy Centers and…um… Geese
This “Must Read” list strays a little afield from our usual criminal justice and...
WitnessLA Reportedly Now Blocked on Sheriff’s Dept. Work Station Computers
If you work at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, when you are taking a break at work...
FELON: The Forever Brand
This essay about the label of “felon,” by former U.S. Pardon Attorney Margaret Colgate...
LAUSD Cuts, What KCET Found Inside Children’s Court, How the CDCR is Changing Methods…and More
LAUSD BOARD GRITS TEETH….THEN SLASHES AND BURNS: VOTES TO CUT ALL ADULT SCHOOLS….AND A...
The Supreme Court Looks at the Issue of Juvenile LWOP, Asking if Life Sentences for Kids are Constitutional
A week from Tuesday the US Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Jackson v. Hobbs and Miller v...
A Preview of What to Expect With the Supremes & Obama’s Health Care Act
On Tuesday night, March 13, two weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the...