On Friday, Rene “Boxer” Enriquez, who by his own account is a former shot-caller and hitman for...
Trauma & Resiliency, Health and Activism: A Cross Generational Conversation Between BlackLivesMatter’s Patrisse Cullors and California Endowment’s Dr. Robert Ross
“The most important indicator of your life expectancy in this country is your zip code,” said...
RETRIAL: Two LA County Sheriff’s Deputies to be Retried for Assault on Inmate
Two days after an unusually mixed verdict was handed down on Tuesday afternoon, following the...
Probation Oversight, the SFPD Review, Homelessness in LA, and a Bill to Help Homeless Kids
SUPERVISORS VOTE YES ON EXPLORING OVERSIGHT COMMISSION FOR LA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT On...
A Mixed Verdict of Guilty & Not-Guilty in the LA Sheriff’s Deputies Jail Abuse Trial Causes Confusion
A MIXED MESSAGE The verdict in the jail brutality trial of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies...
LASD JAIL BRUTALITY JURY HAS A (VERY MIXED) VERDICT: Not Guilty, Guilty & Can’t Agree
In a decidedly mixed verdict that came in just around 3 PM in the downtown Los Angeles federal...
Jury In LASD Jail Brutality Case “Hopelessly Deadlocked” on 1 Count for Each Defendant, Judge Uses Legal Crowbar
Just before lunch, the jury in the latest jail brutality case involving members of the Los Angeles...
CA’s Crossover Kids, DOJ to Review SFPD, LA County Probation Oversight, and Bills to Battle Sex Trafficking
DATA-GATHERING, TRAINING, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES ARE MUSTS FOR GIVING CROSSOVER KIDS BETTER...
Jury in LASD Jail Brutality Case Agrees on 1 Count, Still Dithers on the Other 3
At 4:30 pm on Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell received a note from the...
WHO WILL THE JURY BELIEVE? The Latest LA Sheriff’s Department Brutality Case is Now in the Jurors’ Hands
WHO WILL THE JURY BELIEVE? Assistant U.S. attorney Mack Jenkins began his closing arguments for...
Riverside Probation Tackles Recidivism, a Second-Chance Firefighting Program, Mental Health in Schools, and Father Greg’s Humanitarian Award
RIVERSIDE COUNTY RUNS THE NUMBERS TO FIND AREAS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN NEED OF...
Gov. Brown’s Justice Reform Ballot Initiative, TEDxSanQuentin, and Which Way, LA? on LAPD
GOV. JERRY BROWN’S NEW BALLOT INITIATIVE HANDS POWER TO CHARGE KIDS AS ADULTS BACK TO JUDGES...
Does LA County Probation Need a Watchdog Commission?
Will Los Angeles County’s large and still troubled probation department get its own...
Freedom For Sale: An Important San Francisco Bail Lawsuit Hits a Bump in the Road
In the past year, Equal Justice Under Law, a Washington DC based civil rights group, has filed nine...
SCOTUS Rules on Miller Retroactivity, Comparing the LA Police Commission and Planned LASD Civilian Oversight
SCOTUS MAKES BAN ON MANDATORY JUVENILE LIFE-WITHOUT-PAROLE SENTENCES RETROACTIVE In a 6-3 vote on...
No More Solitary for Kids in Federal Prison
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES HISTORIC BAN ON SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR KIDS IN FEDERAL LOCK-UPS On Monday...
Competing Truths Unfold at the Trial of 2 LA Sheriff’s Deputies Who Allegedly Beat an Inmate Then Lied to Cover Up
Every criminal trial is, at its heart, a battle over whose truth will prevail. In the latest...
Pregnant and Parenting Foster Kids, Housing Homeless Vets, and a Prison Acting Class
REPORT LOOKS AT CHALLENGES FACED BY FOSTER KIDS WHO ARE PREGNANT OR PARENTS A study by First Place...