UPDATE: At Wednesday’s hearing, although former sheriff Lee Baca’s lawyer, Nathan...
Feds Breaking with For-Profit Prisons, Youth Solitary Confinement Bill Advances, and Racial Bias Training
DAYS AFTER INSPECTOR GENERAL’S REPORT SHOWS PROBLEMS AT FEDERAL PRIVATE PRISONS, DOJ CALLS...
OIG Reports New Rules for Restraints in County Jails After One Inmate Dies, and Another is “Tethered” Without Food for 32 Hours
A few days ago, Los Angeles County Inspector General Max Huntsman released a report that reveals...
Probation Officials Report Spike in Force in LA County’s Juvenile Halls
USE OF FORCE IS UP LA COUNTY’S JUVENILE HALLS According to probation officials, who were...
CA’s SB 1052: the Fight Over Children’s Miranda Rights
We have reported in the past about the issue of children and Miranda rights. In particular...
Youth Arrest Rates Continue Downward Trend, and California’s Criminal Justice Bills
CALIFORNIA ARRESTED FEWER KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN 2015 THAN 2014 The arrests rates of young...
Audit Reveals CalGang Database Violates Individuals’ Rights
California’s controversial gang-involvement tracking database—CalGang—lacks...
Former CIW Inmate’s Lawsuit Alleges Daily Sexual Assaults by Guard…and More
FORMER CIW INMATE FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT ACCUSING GUARD OF DAILY PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS DeEtta...
Community Members Continue to Call for Release of LAPD Body Cam Videos Showing Shooting of 14-year-old Boy
CONFLICTING VERSIONS OF A BOY’S DEATH UPSETS COMMUNITY Jesse James Romero was 14-years-old...
4. Is There a Kid-Battering Subculture Inside LA County’s Juvenile Facilities?
A SINGLE INCIDENT OR SOMETHING MORE? Is there a brutal subculture inside Los Angeles County’s...
Protecting Foster Kids from Over-Prescribing Doctors….DOJ to Require Law Enforcement to Report Officer-Involved Deaths….and More
UPDATES ON BILLS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE FOSTER CHILDREN FROM DOCTORS WHO OVER-PRESCRIBE PSYCHOTROPIC...
Dozens of Bills (Some Overlapping) Tackle Child Sex Trafficking in California
As law enforcement and other agencies are switching from approaches that treat trafficked kids like...
LASD Says Man Shot in Compton by Deputies Was Not Involved in Earlier Carjacking
On July 28, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed 27-year-old Donnell Thompson...
Inadequate Education for Kids in San Bernardino Alternative Schools, LASD Sez No More Firing into Cars, and Asset Forfeiture Reform
SAN BERNARDINO, FEDS REACH AGREEMENT OVER ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED SCHOOLING FOR DISABLED STUDENTS IN...
Now That a Grand Jury Has Indicted Former Sheriff Lee Baca, Can His Trial Move Us Closer to Lasting Reform?
THE INDICTMENT ARRIVES On Friday, former Sheriff Lee Baca was indicted by a federal grand jury for...
Ninth Circuit Denies Appeal for 7 LA Sheriff’s Department Members Convicted of Obstruction of Justice
In a ruling handed down on Thursday, August 4, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld...
Changing Leadership at CA Women’s Prisons, and Why We Need More Female Cops
ON THE SAME DAY, RETIREMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR WARDENS AT BOTH CA WOMEN’S PRISONS Both of...
Obama Breaks Clemency Record, Commutes 214 Drug Sentences
PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY FOR 214 FEDERAL INMATES SENTENCED UNDER HARSH WAR-ON-DRUGS-ERA LAWS On...