On Wednesday morning at around 11:30 AM, news of an active shooter situation began leaking out of...
LA County’s New Prop 47 Task Force
As the 2017 deadline for California’s Proposition 47 nears, LA County will ramp up efforts to...
Shooting Stats on LASD’s Open Data Website, Kids’ Comprehension of Miranda Rights, And LA Deputies Save Newborn
LA’S INSPECTOR GENERAL PRAISES LASD ON PUBLICLY SHARING DATA ON OFFICER-INVOLVED...
Fed Judge Sends Loud “Message” With 6 & 7 Year Sentences for LA County Sheriff’s Deputies in Jail Visitor Beating Case
On Monday morning, federal Judge George H. King sentenced former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
Film About Mitrice Richardson Reignites Questions About Her Disappearance, and About the LASD’s Controversial Handling of Her Case……New Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by LA Sheriff’s Deputy Investigated
FIVE YEARS AFTER HER REMAINS WERE FOUND, FRIENDS AND ADVOCATES SAY MITRICE RICHARDSON’S DEATH...
Considering Risk of Reoffending, a $4.9M Settlement in Kelly Thomas Case, LA Justice System Portrayed in New Yorker, and New LAUSD Arts Money
REPORT LOOKS AT 10 COUNTIES PIONEERING THE USE OF RISK ASSESSMENT DURING SENTENCING TO REDUCE...
Santa Clara Solitary Confinement Lawsuit, San Diego Makes Changes After Suicide in Juvie Lock-up, CA Leads on Lowering Suspension Rates, and Prop. 47 Funds
CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CONDITIONS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY JAILS Two Santa...
Lawsuit Says High-Priced Jail Phone Calls Are Illegal $$$ Machines for CA Counties
Global Tel*Link guarantees to pay Los Angeles County $15 million in cash each year for allowing the...
Well-liked Downey Police Officer Killed in Attempted Robbery Turned Tragic – UPDATED X2
On Wednesday night around 11 PM, Downey Police officer Ricardo Galvez—Ricky to his...
Letter Asks DOJ to Deal With OC Prosecutorial Misconduct Scandal…Responses to Sheriff Jim McDonnell’s Prop 47 Videos…LA Launch of Coalition to End Child Exploitation…and More
PROSECUTORS, LEGAL EXPERTS, AND OTHERS URGE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF...
DOJ Interventions and Civilian Oversight for Law Enforcement
WHEN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INTERVENES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE MIXED RESULTS, AND THE DOJ...
Criminal Justice System Involvement Means Higher Chance of Early Death for Youth
AS KIDS’ INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM INCREASES, SO DOES THEIR MORTALITY RATE As the...
Civil Asset Forfeiture, the Grizzly Youth Academy, Unraveling the “Superpredator” Myth…and More
CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT – CA’S HEAVY PARTICIPATION IN CONTROVERSIAL FEDERAL...
Not in Our Name: Southern California Muslims Gather To Discuss the Terrorist Attacks…& Their Fears of Reprisal
YOUNG LOS ANGELES MUSLIMS EXPRESS SORROW, ANGER AND WORRY When a large and frightening terrorist...
SOLIDARITÉ
Friday night we grieved with our brother and sisters in Paris. Today we stand beside them. With...
College Track Comes to Watts, “Ghost Suspensions,” and Use-of-Force
WATTS GETS A NEW PROGRAM TO HELP TEENS GO TO (AND GRADUATE) COLLEGE On Thursday, LA Mayor Eric...
Wounds of War: Veterans on Death Row….OC Will Have WatchDog for Its Embattled DA …Thursday Summit on Race & Justice In U.S.
THE DISCOMFORTING MATTER OF THE 300 VETERANS ON DEATH ROW According to a new report by the Death...
To Our Nation’s Veterans….We Are Deeply Grateful for Your Service.
Today’s Veteran’s Day offerings both feature the remarkable Jason Isbell, singing Tour...