On Tuesday morning, news raced around the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department that Assistant...
Transforming Foster Care, Indigent Defense, and Malcolm Gladwell on School Shootings
HEAVY-HITTING NEW CA LAW AIMS TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORM FOSTER CARE SYSTEM TO BETTER PROTECT THE...
Once-Locked Up Kids Hope a New Culver City Reentry Center Can Help Them Become “UnStoppable”
“When a friend first told me about this place, I thought it was too good to be true,” said...
Sheriff McDonnell to Launch Anti-Corruption Policy Regarding Who Approves the LASD’s Long Controversial Tow Contracts
In the process of discussing the kerfuffle around Assistant Sheriff Rothans and the stolen car he...
Probe Launched Into Top LA County Sheriff’s Official Stolen Luxury Car—Bought at a Bargain Price From His Tow Company Pal
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell has launched an investigation into the fact that the...
Inmate Debate Team Beats Harvard, LAPD Transparency, Drugging Foster Kids, and CEO Sachi Hamai
BARD PRISON INITIATIVE DEBATE TEAM V. HARVARD DEBATE TEAM In a debate last month, an inmate debate...
Protecting Foster Kids, Gov. Brown’s Veto Message, John Oliver on Mental Illness…and More
SUPES CREATE AN IMPORTANT PHILANTHROPY LIAISON FOR CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM…HELP FOR LGBTQ FOSTER...
Criminal Justice Bills, Stopping Mass Shootings Before They Start, and Tasers
GOV. JERRY BROWN TAKES ACTION ON TONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILLS Over the weekend, CA Governor Jerry...
Governor Signs AB 953, Racial Profiling Bill; Advocates Thrilled, Law Enforcement Not So Much
GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SIGNS RACIAL PROFILING BILL, THRILLING SOME, IRRITATING OTHERS On Saturday...
Bill Round-Up, Turmoil in Hawaiian Gardens, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, and Reviewing Realignment
NOTEWORTHY CALIFORNIA BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW On Thursday, CA Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 504, a...
Bipartisan CJ Reform Plan, LA’s Mega-Health Department, and Richard Glossip Spared from Death Once More
A LARGE-SCALE BIPARTISAN FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM EFFORT TO BE REVEALED Members of the...
Are Abused and Traumatized Girls Disproportionately Pushed Into the Justice System? A Startling New Study Says: YES
There are approximately twice as many boys than girls in the juvenile justice system in America. ...
Fed Judge Denies Immunity for Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca to Testify at Paul Tanaka’s Criminal Trial
A new moment of drama in the run-up to the trial of former Los Angeles County undersheriff Paul...
Helping the Mentally Ill Exiting LA Jails, Prop 47’s DNA Dilemma, DOJ to Help Compton Reduce Crime, and “De-Publishing”
ADVOCATES PUSH TO INCREASE HELP FOR MENTALLY ILL EXITING LA COUNTY JAILS TO END THE CYCLE BETWEEN...
On Sunday in Exposition Park, Crowds of LA Residents Look to Prop 47 for Help
LEGAL AID IN THE PARK—WITH MUSIC On Sunday at Exposition Park, more than a thousand people...
Report Describes Alarming Rise in LA Kids and Infants at Troubled Foster Care “Welcome Centers”
A new report released Monday by LA County’s Commission for Children and Families shows that...
Troubled Group Home Closes Doors, US Attorney General Visits Richmond, CA, LASD Immigration Policy…and More
SCANDAL-PLAGUED GROUP HOME TO SHUT DOWN FOLLOWING STATE INVESTIGATION AND NEGATIVE PUBLICITY A...
Posting late today…In the Meantime, Another Man Comes Forward About OK’s Death Row Inmate, Richard Glossip
Our main stories will appear a little later today, so check back. But, until then: There is some...