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#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard

June 20, 2025
#NoSafePlace

LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall

June 5, 2025
Juvenile Justice

While LA County Juvenile Probation Hoards Cash, A Unique Youth Diversion Program Struggles for $$ – by Jeremy Loudenback

February 22, 2016
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A UNIQUE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM HOPES TO HELP MORE KIDS RESTART THEIR LIVES If Only LA County...

Law Enforcement

LASD Deputy Union Says Jail Supervisors Misunderstand Force Policy….2 LA Sheriff’s Deputies Fight to Save Shot Baby Girl….NYPD Officer Sues to Reform His Department

February 22, 2016
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ARE SOME LA COUNTY JAIL SUPERVISORS WRONGLY OVER-REPORTING USES OF FORCE? DEPUTIES’ UNION...

LASD

CA Attorney General’s Office Reverses Refusal, Will Now Review Mitrice Richardson Case

February 19, 2016
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LETTER FROM MITRICE RICHARDSON’S FATHER TO CALIFORNIA AG KAMALA HARRIS TRIGGERS UNEXPECTED...

California Budget

Miscalculated $$ From Prop. 47, OpenJustice, and “Mariposa and the Saint”

February 18, 2016
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CA PROP. 47 SAVINGS ESTIMATES $100 MILLION TOO LOW, SAYS REPORT Governor Jerry Brown has...

Probation

LA County Supes Vote to Explore Idea of Splitting Probation in Two

February 17, 2016
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At Tuesday’s LA County Supervisors’ meeting, the board voted 4-0 in favor of triggering...

Reentry

Report Says LA County Probation Dept. is Failing Incarcerated Kids Badly After They Are Released

February 16, 2016
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LA COUNTY PROBATION’S JUVENILE REENTRY CRISIS More than two years ago, LA County Probation...

Supreme Court

SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia is Dead.

February 13, 2016
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There will be a zillion stories on the significance of a vacancy occurring in the nation’s...

CDCR

CA’s New Prisons Chief, the Homelessness Plan, Baca’s Guilty Plea, and Chief Beck on the “Ferguson Effect”

February 12, 2016
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MEET CA’S NEW REFORM-MINDED CORRECTIONS CHIEF, SCOTT KERNAN The California Department of...

The Trial of Lee Baca

Day of Reckoning: The Strange and Memorable Afternoon When Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Pleaded Guilty to a Felony

February 11, 2016
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BACA GOES TO COURT On Wednesday afternoon, around five minutes before the 2:30 p.m. plea hearing...

Sheriff Lee Baca • The Trial of Lee Baca

Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca Pleads to Felony Charge That Would Likely Involve Time in Lock-Up

February 10, 2016
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Early Wednesday morning the news began to leak that former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca had agreed...

Foster Care

OVER-CRIMINALIZATION: Why Are LA’s Foster Kids More Likely to Be Charged With Crimes?

February 10, 2016
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THE OVER-CRIMINALIZATION OF LA’S FOSTER CHILDREN by Carrie Wang and Rachel Kohn Monserrat...

LASD

A Deal Is Struck! No Retrial for Two LA Sheriff’s Deputies Accused of Beating Jail Inmate, But Prison Sentences Likely

February 10, 2016
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If all goes as expected, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Joey Aguiar and Mariano...

Homelessness

Homelessness in LA, a Heartbreaking South LA Shooting, Prison Yogis…and More

February 9, 2016
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A LOOK AT THE NUMBER$ AS LA COUNTY SUPES CONSIDER HOMELESSNESS PLAN ON TUESDAY The LA County Board...

Probation

Persons of Interest: Who Will Be LA County’s Next Probation Chief – by Jeremy Loudenback

February 8, 2016
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PERSONS OF INTEREST Searching for LA County’s Next Probation Chief by Jeremy Loudenback LA...

Parole Policy

Should ex-Mexican Mafia Hitman Rene “Boxer” Enriquez Be Paroled?

February 8, 2016
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On Friday, Rene “Boxer” Enriquez, who by his own account is a former shot-caller and hitman for...

Public Health

Trauma & Resiliency, Health and Activism: A Cross Generational Conversation Between BlackLivesMatter’s Patrisse Cullors and California Endowment’s Dr. Robert Ross

February 5, 2016
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“The most important indicator of your life expectancy in this country is your zip code,” said...

LASD

RETRIAL: Two LA County Sheriff’s Deputies to be Retried for Assault on Inmate

February 4, 2016
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Two days after an unusually mixed verdict was handed down on Tuesday afternoon, following the...

Probation

Probation Oversight, the SFPD Review, Homelessness in LA, and a Bill to Help Homeless Kids

February 4, 2016
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SUPERVISORS VOTE YES ON EXPLORING OVERSIGHT COMMISSION FOR LA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT On...

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