UPDATE: The Cal Supremes temporarily removed the judicial roadblock that would stop Brown from...
Planned Parenthood Sues on Behalf of Foster Kids…Gov. Brown’s Justice Reform Initiative Blocked…Bill to Kill Cash Bail…and CA Child Welfare’s New Ombudsman
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LAWSUIT SEZ PROMESA GROUP HOMES VIOLATE FOSTER TEENS’ REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS...
Close-Up on Realignment, LA County Juvie Probation $$, and Abuse in Santa Clara Jails
SHOULD OTHER STATES FOLLOW CALIFORNIA’S LEAD ON DECARCERATION? The March 2016 issue of the...
Prop. 47 Applications County by County…the Takeaway from LA County’s Jail Scandal…and SFPD’s New Community Policing Bureau
A LOOK AT WHICH CA COUNTIES ARE GATHERING THE MOST PROP. 47 APPLICATIONS As of September 2015, a...
While LA County Juvenile Probation Hoards Cash, A Unique Youth Diversion Program Struggles for $$ – by Jeremy Loudenback
A UNIQUE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM HOPES TO HELP MORE KIDS RESTART THEIR LIVES If Only LA County...
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
ARE SOME LA COUNTY JAIL SUPERVISORS WRONGLY OVER-REPORTING USES OF FORCE? DEPUTIES’ UNION...
CA Attorney General’s Office Reverses Refusal, Will Now Review Mitrice Richardson Case
LETTER FROM MITRICE RICHARDSON’S FATHER TO CALIFORNIA AG KAMALA HARRIS TRIGGERS UNEXPECTED...
Miscalculated $$ From Prop. 47, OpenJustice, and “Mariposa and the Saint”
CA PROP. 47 SAVINGS ESTIMATES $100 MILLION TOO LOW, SAYS REPORT Governor Jerry Brown has...
LA County Supes Vote to Explore Idea of Splitting Probation in Two
At Tuesday’s LA County Supervisors’ meeting, the board voted 4-0 in favor of triggering...
Report Says LA County Probation Dept. is Failing Incarcerated Kids Badly After They Are Released
LA COUNTY PROBATION’S JUVENILE REENTRY CRISIS More than two years ago, LA County Probation...
SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia is Dead.
There will be a zillion stories on the significance of a vacancy occurring in the nation’s...
CA’s New Prisons Chief, the Homelessness Plan, Baca’s Guilty Plea, and Chief Beck on the “Ferguson Effect”
MEET CA’S NEW REFORM-MINDED CORRECTIONS CHIEF, SCOTT KERNAN The California Department of...
Day of Reckoning: The Strange and Memorable Afternoon When Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Pleaded Guilty to a Felony
BACA GOES TO COURT On Wednesday afternoon, around five minutes before the 2:30 p.m. plea hearing...
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca Pleads to Felony Charge That Would Likely Involve Time in Lock-Up
Early Wednesday morning the news began to leak that former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca had agreed...
OVER-CRIMINALIZATION: Why Are LA’s Foster Kids More Likely to Be Charged With Crimes?
THE OVER-CRIMINALIZATION OF LA’S FOSTER CHILDREN by Carrie Wang and Rachel Kohn Monserrat...
A Deal Is Struck! No Retrial for Two LA Sheriff’s Deputies Accused of Beating Jail Inmate, But Prison Sentences Likely
If all goes as expected, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Joey Aguiar and Mariano...
Homelessness in LA, a Heartbreaking South LA Shooting, Prison Yogis…and More
A LOOK AT THE NUMBER$ AS LA COUNTY SUPES CONSIDER HOMELESSNESS PLAN ON TUESDAY The LA County Board...
Persons of Interest: Who Will Be LA County’s Next Probation Chief – by Jeremy Loudenback
PERSONS OF INTEREST Searching for LA County’s Next Probation Chief by Jeremy Loudenback LA...