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#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
#NoKings

The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
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Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Child Sex Trafficking & Abuse • Child Sexual Abuse • Sex Trafficking

Why It’s Important That LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell and the LASD Are Making Child Sex-trafficking a Priority

November 2, 2015
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THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND SEX TRAFFICKED KIDS A few days ago, I spoke with Los...

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Prop. 47 and Diversion Courts, Judge Michael Nash Interview, and Solitary in CA Jails

October 30, 2015
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OP-ED: WHAT WILL BECOME OF DRUG COURTS, POST-PROP. 47? Before Prop. 47 reduced certain low-level...

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Judge Michael Nash Tapped for LA Child Welfare Czar, Prop. 47 Arrests, and the OC Jailhouse Snitch Scandal

October 29, 2015
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LA SUPES EXPECTED TO APPOINT UNIQUELY QUALIFIED JUDGE MICHAEL NASH TO BE LA’S CHILD WELFARE...

LASD • Reentry

More on the LASD Deputy Who Vanished….. Heroin Use and the Rise in Numbers of Foster Kids…The Need for Civil Attorneys…& Prop 47

October 28, 2015
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THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO DISAPPEARED, & THE MEN WHO WOULDN’T...

Probation

LA County Probation Chief Jerry Powers to Answer Board’s Questions as Rumors of a Problematic Relationship Swirl

October 27, 2015
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UPDATE: Although the closed-door meeting referenced in the story below resulted in “nothing...

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Solitary Statistics, Opposing Prop. 47 Views, and Miranda Rights

October 27, 2015
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SURPRISING DATA SHOWS 20% OF INMATES IN THE US WERE PUT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Nearly one-fifth of...

Sentencing

Did California Voters Go Wrong With Prop 47?

October 26, 2015
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When Proposition 47 passed nearly a year ago, last November, it did so by a healthy 17-percent...

LASD

The Troubling Case of the Vanishing LA County Sheriff’s Deputy

October 23, 2015
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JON AUJAY? In 1998, LA County...

Child Sex Trafficking & Abuse • Child Sexual Abuse

LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell Says There’s No Such Thing as a Child Prostitute

October 23, 2015
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On Wednesday morning, it was standing room only on the 8th floor of the downtown LA Hall of Justice...

Juvenile Justice

A New Bill to Stop Locking Kids Up for Dumb, Non-Criminal Stuff

October 23, 2015
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CONGRESSMAN TONY CARDENAS SAYS STOP LOCKING KIDS UP FOR RUNNING AWAY, SKIPPING SCHOOL, TRYING A...

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Cops for Reform, Calls and Visits in State Prison (Plus New FCC Rules), Mentally Ill & Warehoused in Jails

October 22, 2015
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MEET THE “LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS TO REDUCE CRIME AND INCARCERATION” A group of 130...

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LA Youth Ambassador Shot in GA, Social Worker Calls New Group Home Law Counter-Intuitive, and More

October 21, 2015
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SEMAJ CLARK SHOT AND PARALYZED ON TRIP TO GA TO SPEAK AT A COMMUNITY SAFETY FORUM On October 10...

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LAPD Chases and Bystander Injuries, Child Support Responsibilities Behind Bars, and Kinship Care in South LA

October 20, 2015
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LAPD PURSUITS RESULT IN BYSTANDER INJURIES MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHER CALIFORNIA CITY Los Angeles...

LASD

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy to File $15 Million Lawsuit Against Paul Tanaka, LA County, & More, for “Egregious Abuse of Power”

October 19, 2015
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DID LASD INVESTIGATORS PUSH THE DA’S OFFICE INTO FILING ON 2 INNOCENT DEPUTIES DUE TO PAUL...

LASD

New Former Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Lying About Beating of Jail Visitor

October 16, 2015
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Thus far, a total five former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have...

LAPD

Eight Years of Misclassified Crime, George Gascón on Risk-Assessment, and LA Audit$ Troubled Group Home

October 16, 2015
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NEW INVESTIGATION FINDS LAPD MISREPORTED THOUSANDS OF SERIOUS ASSAULTS BETWEEN 2005-2012 Last year...

Criminal Justice

Mark Zuckerberg Goes to Prison…..Koch Brothers Explain Criminal Justice in 60 Secs….Dems Debate Justice Reform…SCOTUS Looks Again at Juvie Life

October 15, 2015
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MARK ZUCKERBERG GETS LIFE CHANGED BY MICHELLE ALEXANDER, GOES TO SAN QUENTIN Since its release in...

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Evidence-Based Programs in CA Counties, LAPD’s Misreported Crime Data, and Prison Architecture

October 14, 2015
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FOUR CA COUNTIES LEADING THE PACK ON EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY-MAKING POST-REALIGNMENT According to a...

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