ALARMING REPORT TRIGGERS SPEEDY INVESTIGATION & “REMEDIATION” Earlier this week...
LAPD Commission Adopts New Use-of-Force Policy…Santa Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith’s Reform Efforts…and Criminalized Black Girls
NEW LAPD USE-OF-FORCE POLICIES FOCUS ON DE-ESCALATION On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police...
DOJ Tackles Profit-Focused Court Practices…the Healing Power of Poetry…the Human Toll of Jail…and More
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TAKES AIM AT UNJUST COURT FINES AND FEES On Monday, the US Department of Justice...
Report Alleges Deplorable Conditions, Misuse of Solitary Confinement, and Leadership Failure at LA County’s Juvenile Hall
LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY PRISON” On Valentine’s Day of this year, which was a Sunday...
Are LA’s Locked Up & Traumatized Girls Getting the Help They Need?
THE CHALLENGE OF HEALING LA COUNTY’S TRAUMATIZED GIRLS Incarcerated girls are more...
The Cost of Wrongful Convictions in California
A BREAKDOWN OF THE COSTS PASSED ON TO TAXPAYERS WHEN WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS OCCUR IN...
Breaking Down the School-to-Prison Pipeline
STUDENTS, PARENTS CALL FOR END TO HARSH SCHOOL DISCIPLINE Kids and parents from across California...
Update: Another Roadblock Cleared for CA Gov. Jerry Brown’s Criminal Justice Initiative
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ALLOWS GOV. BROWN TO CONTINUE WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE BALLOT INITIATIVE Two...
Lying LA County Sheriff’s Department Members Still Employed…and More
LA COUNTY SHERIFF JIM MCDONNELL’S FIGHT TO WEED OUT DISHONESTY A number of Los Angeles County...
LA County’s New Assistant Sheriff of Custody Operations
LASD SHERIFF JIM MCDONNELL ANNOUNCES CURRENT CDCR OFFICIAL, KELLY HARRINGTON, WILL BE NEW ASSISTANT...
Truancy and Suspensions, Solitary Confinement, and the Next SCOTUS Justice
LOS ANGELES-AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS REDUCE TRUANCY FILINGS AND CUT SUSPENSIONS, BUT PROBLEMS...
LA County Board of Supes Tells Probation to Sign Over the Hoarded Juvie Justice $$—Now!
THE CASE OF THE HOARDED JUVENILE JUSTICE $$—AGAIN Last Tuesday, the LA County Board of...
Rodney King Roundup – 25 Years Later
SO HOW FAR HAVE WE COME SINCE 1991? Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of the night LAPD officers...
Joe Domanick: LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Talks About Officer Involved Shootings, Community Relations, Changing Cop Culture…and More
“MAYBE WE’LL BECOME AN EXAMPLE FOR AMERICA” The LAPD’s Charlie Beck sits...
LAPD Use-of-Force Report…”Fight Club” SFSD Deputies Indicted…and Tribal Juvenile Justice
LAPD DELIVERS NEW FIVE-YEAR USE-OF-FORCE COMPARISON REPORT TO COMMISSION In 2015, LAPD officers...
More Mental Health Competency Cases in LA….Felony Theft Thresholds….Bills Target Rape Kit Backlogs….and Justice Thomas Speaks
PERPLEXING JUMP IN MENTAL HEALTH COMPETENCY CASES IN LOS ANGELES Mental health competency cases in...
California Supremes Clear the Way for Gov. Brown’s Justice Reform Initiative to Reach Voters
On Friday evening, the California Supreme Court cleared the road of obstacles—at least for...
Why Did Los Angeles County Jail Inmate Unique Moore Die? by Art Levine
WHY DID LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAIL INMATE UNIQUE MOORE DIE? A New Wrongful Death Lawsuit Raises...