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...
3. LA County Supes Vote to Investigate Abuse Allegations Within Juvenile Lock-Ups
On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to review three years of...
California Bill Says a 10-Year-Old Cannot Waive Miranda Rights – by Jeremy Loudenback
THE PUSH TO PROTECT KIDS FROM UNWITTINGLY WAIVING THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS by Jeremy Loudenback Early...
After Sentencing Negotiations Fall Apart, Baca Says He Wants to Go to Trial to Set the Record Straight
THE DEAL CRUMBLES Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca returned to the court of U.S. District...
Man with Dementia Found Dead After Release from LASD Custody, Risk Assessment for Pre-Trial Release in SF, and a Parent-Led Campaign Against Gun Violence
CALLING TO MIND THE MITRICE RICHARDSON CASE, A 71-YEAR-OLD WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS FOUND DEAD...
Baca Sentencing: Round 2 – Negotiations Fall Apart, Baca Is Going to Trial
UPDATE: When Lee Baca, his defense lawyers, and the prosecution team returned from recess at 1:30...
No New Plea Deal Reached, Baca Almost Certain to Be Indicted and Go to Trial
After two weeks of negotiation, reportedly no new plea deal has been reached between attorneys for...
2. A Disturbing Report of Another Assault of a Teenager by a Los Angeles County Probation Staffer
On May 31 of this year, another incident of alleged abuse of a teenage probationer by Los Angeles...