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A Federal Jury Weighs Competing “Truths” After “Honor Recruit” Deputy Tells About Kicks to the Crotch of a Mentally Ill Inmate and Other Alleged Brutality
COMPETING NARRATIVES & DECIDING WHOM TO BELIEVE The most recent jail brutality case brought...
The Twin Towers Jail Inmate Abuse Trial Continues With More Courtroom Drama to Come
The latest federal trial involving members of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department accused of...
Pretrial Detention and the Poor, an Asset Forfeiture Bill, Steve Lopez on Homelessness, and LA Supe. Candidates on Child Welfare
CASH BAIL KEEPS POOR PEOPLE LOCKED UP (UNNECESSARILY) AND IMPOVERISHED A new report from the Prison...
LA County Child Abuse and Neglect Report…Sheriff McDonnell on AirTalk…and Rehabilitation, Reentry, and “Human Frailty”
REPORT GIVES RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BETTER CATCH AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT On Tuesday...
LASD Deputies Sentenced in Jail Abuse Trial
On Monday, Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, Joey Aguiar and Mariano Ramirez were sentenced to 18...
Sentence Enhancements, LASD Psychologist Accused of Molesting Kids, and One School’s 100% College-Bound Student Body
OPINION – MICHELLE ALEXANDER SAYS TOSS OUT DRUG SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS Sentence...
Latest LA County Sheriff’s Dept. Jail Inmate Abuse Trial Begins Tuesday
On Tuesday, jury selection begins for one more federal trial involving members of the Los Angeles...
Supervisor Candidates on Foster Care and Juvie Justice…the OC Jailhouse Snitch Blog…High Court Hearing on Brown’s Justice Measure…and Homelessness
FIND OUT WHAT THE 5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR HOPEFULS THINK ABOUT CHILD WELFARE, JUVENILE JUSTICE...
Fifty-Eight More Commutations from Obama
PRESIDENT OBAMA COMMUTED 58 SENTENCES, BRINGING HIS TOTAL TO 306 COMMUTATIONS, THUS FAR On...
Tom Angel Timeline, Asset Forfeiture, Deputies Shooting into Cars, and a Story of Reconciliation
LA DAILY NEWS ASKS WHY IT TOOK FOUR DAYS FOR LASD TO BOOT TOM ANGEL Last week, news broke via the...
LA County Supervisors Ban Solitary for Kids (And, Yes, This is a Big Deal)
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion that bans the use of...
LA County Board of Supes to Consider Funding Homeboy Industries to Do the Job It’s Been Doing for Free for the County for Years – UPDATED
UPDATE: On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors passed the motion described below, with...
Kamala Harris’ Justice Reform History, Live Streaming CA’s High Court, and SCOTUS Won’t Consider Constitutionality of Death Penalty
A LOOK AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HISTORY OF CA DISTRICT ATTORNEY (AND US SENATE HOPEFUL)...
How LA Kids are Being Recruited for Sex Trafficking & What LA Law Enforcement is Doing About It – by Kristy Plaza and Alana Victor
LOS ANGELES COUNTY’S CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CRISIS & HOW LA LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING...
LA County Sheriff’s Department Chief of Staff Tom Angel Resigns Over Racist and Anti-Muslim Email Controversy
Tom Angel, who is the chief of staff for LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, has just resigned his...
NO SAFE PLACE: A Troubling Suicide at a California Women’s Prison & a Report Pointing to Chronic Failures in the Facility’s Suicide Prevention Practices
Erika Rocha was 35 years old when she committed suicide on April 14 of this year, in the mental...
A Top LASD Official’s Racist and Sexist Emails
LA COUNTY SHERIFF’S CHIEF OF STAFF, TOM ANGEL, FORWARDED RASIST CHAIN EMAILS LA County...