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...
Supporting SF Kids With Locked-Up Parents….SF Juvie Probation Looks at Changing Isolation Practices….Victim Services….and More
SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED STUDENTS WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS MAY SOON GET MEANINGFUL SUPPORT IN THEIR...
LASD Oversight Moves Forward, LAPD Chief’s Recommendation for Charges in Venice Shooting, Closed Adoptions, and the State of the Union
FORMING CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT FOR THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT On Tuesday, the LA County...
Populating the LASD Oversight Commission….LAPD Chief Recommends Charges in Officer-Involved Shooting….and More
LA COUNTY SUPES TO DISCUSS WHO SHOULD SIT ON AN LASD CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT PANEL On Tuesday, the LA...
How Has Jim McDonnell Done in His First Year as LA County Sheriff?
How has Sheriff Jim McDonnell done in his first year since he was sworn into office on December 1...
Wounded Teen Activist Returns to City Where He Was Shot – by Matt Smith
Semaj from JJIE Multimedia on Vimeo. A year ago, 18-year-old Semaj Clark was already gaining...
David Bowie: Jan 8, 1947 – Jan 10, 2016……Goodnight Sweet Prince
Reactions to CA’s Proposed Budget, Woman Raped by Deputy Waits Years for Justice, Criminal Justice in the US Virgin Islands, and a Homeboy Art Exhibit
ACLU BLASTS BUDGET FOR KEEPING PROP. 47 SAVINGS IN PRISONS The current Department of Finance...
CA Child Well-Being Report Card, Realignment and Prison Spending, Families First, and Back on Track
CALIFORNIA GRADED ON 31 AREAS CONTRIBUTING TO KIDS’ WELL-BEING In a yearly report card...
LA Sheriff’s Investigators Probe That Troubling Long Beach Deputy-Involved Shooting Video
The story of the fatal shooting of Noel Aguilar by two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies ...
Independent Report on OC DA Scandal, Santa Clara’s Nonexistent Inpatient Psych Care for Kids, CA Foster Care…and More
HIGHLY CRITICAL INDEPENDENT REPORT INTO ORANGE COUNTY DA’S OFFICE SCANDAL CALLS FOR STATE OR...
Feds Say Message is Needed With Sentencing of Santa Barbara Jail Deputy
Federal prosecutor Bruce Riordan says a year behind bars sends a crucial message to former Santa...