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...
Paying for Lawsuits Against the LAPD, Crisis Centers, Parole for Juvie Crimes, and Realignment Savings
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CITY OF LA’S $24 MILLION FALSE CONVICTION SETTLEMENTS On Tuesday...
County Litigation Figures, and LA County and City Approve Big-Ticket Settlements
THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT. SPENT $61 MILLION ON LAWSUITS LAST YEAR LA County spent $118.9...
California Jails’ Inadequate Reproductive Health Services
REPORT SEZ CALIFORNIA JAILS FAIL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE TO WOMEN, BUT LA...
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Newest LA County Probation Audit Finds a Disturbing Array of Problems—Including a $161 Million Hoard of Badly Needed Unspent Cash
As we move forward toward what we hope will be a freshly optimistic and reform-minded era for Los...
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: A Conversation With Author Ta-Nehisi Coates
As we celebrate Dr. King’s day and contemplate all that he accomplished and all that remains to...
Judge Makes Clear That Former Sheriff Lee Baca Is on the Hook for Legal Damages, But Taxpayers Will Likely Pay
As most of you know, a month ago, on December 15, 2015, a federal jury found in favor of 8 working...
So Now That the CA Prison Population Has Dropped, Where Are the $avings?….Big Data & the Art of Protecting LA’s Abused & Neglected Kids….Warren Olney Ends WWLA?
WHERE ARE THOSE PROMISED MILLIONS IN PRISON COST SAVINGS SUPPOSEDLY DESIGNATED FOR RE-ENTRY AND...