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...
Juvie LWOP, Sheriff Jim McDonnell on ICE Compliance, and VICE and HBO Look at the Prison System
REPORT: IN THE LAST DECADE, LA COUNTY HAS SENTENCED THE MOST KIDS TO DIE IN PRISON Five counties...
Feds Fund LAPD Body Cams, Sheriff Jim McDonnell on Air Talk, and Police in Schools
LAPD TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR BODY CAMS, DESPITE ACLU OBJECTIONS On Monday, US...
YouthBuild, the “Holloway Doctrine,” and ICE Modifies How It Issues Detainer Requests in CA
YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GIVES NEW HOPE AND A CAREER PATH TO KIDS AT RISK OF...
Posting Later Today
IN THE MEANTIME… MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON THE CALIFORNIA JUSTICE REPORT LIST If you...
Nine Stockton Police Take Down Teen, Bernie Sanders’ Bill to End Private Prisons, and Glossip’s High-Profile Stay of Execution
As many as nine Stockton police officers wrestled a 16-year-old to the ground after he was stopped...
Veterans in Jail, the New Prez of the LAPD Commission, and LAPD Chief Beck on Body Cams
NEW HOPE FOR LOCKED-UP VETS: A SAN DIEGO JAIL MODULE TAILORED TO TREAT VETERANS’ INVISIBLE...
Who Pays for Incarceration?
REPORT GOES BEYOND THE $80 BILLION THE US SPENDS ON PRISONS TO REVEAL THE COLOSSAL FINANCIAL BURDEN...
A Look at Controversial Law Enforcement Bills on CA Gov. Jerry Brown’s Desk…and One Education Bill
CALIFORNIA BILLS AWAITING GOV. BROWN’S SIGNATURE WOULD CREATE NEW FELONIES AND PUT MORE...
Crime Victims Work to Cure for Both Grief & Violence in Los Angeles….and Beyond
Legal Affairs journalist Mark Obbie, writing for Slate, is on Part 5 of his exceptional series on...
Fear Wins as SB 443, the Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill, Goes Down in Flames
If one has been convicted of a crime, it makes sense that any ill gotten gains produced by...
LA County Supe Mike Antonovich Bizarrely Slams the ACLU—Again
On Tuesday at the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors’ meeting, Sheriff Jim McDonnell had just...