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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
#DangerousJails

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
Immigration & Justice • Jim McDonnell • Juvenile Justice • LASD • LWOP Kids • Prison

Juvie LWOP, Sheriff Jim McDonnell on ICE Compliance, and VICE and HBO Look at the Prison System

September 23, 2015
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REPORT: IN THE LAST DECADE, LA COUNTY HAS SENTENCED THE MOST KIDS TO DIE IN PRISON Five counties...

Education • Jim McDonnell • LA County Jail • LASD • Mental Illness • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Feds Fund LAPD Body Cams, Sheriff Jim McDonnell on Air Talk, and Police in Schools

September 22, 2015
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LAPD TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR BODY CAMS, DESPITE ACLU OBJECTIONS On Monday, US...

Education • Foster Care • Immigration & Justice • Juvenile Justice

YouthBuild, the “Holloway Doctrine,” and ICE Modifies How It Issues Detainer Requests in CA

September 21, 2015
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YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GIVES NEW HOPE AND A CAREER PATH TO KIDS AT RISK OF...

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Posting Later Today

September 21, 2015
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IN THE MEANTIME… MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON THE CALIFORNIA JUSTICE REPORT LIST If you...

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Nine Stockton Police Take Down Teen, Bernie Sanders’ Bill to End Private Prisons, and Glossip’s High-Profile Stay of Execution

September 18, 2015
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As many as nine Stockton police officers wrestled a 16-year-old to the ground after he was stopped...

Charlie Beck • LAPD • PTSD • Veterans

Veterans in Jail, the New Prez of the LAPD Commission, and LAPD Chief Beck on Body Cams

September 17, 2015
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NEW HOPE FOR LOCKED-UP VETS: A SAN DIEGO JAIL MODULE TAILORED TO TREAT VETERANS’ INVISIBLE...

Prison • Rehabilitation

Who Pays for Incarceration?

September 16, 2015
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REPORT GOES BEYOND THE $80 BILLION THE US SPENDS ON PRISONS TO REVEAL THE COLOSSAL FINANCIAL BURDEN...

Crime and Punishment • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Education

A Look at Controversial Law Enforcement Bills on CA Gov. Jerry Brown’s Desk…and One Education Bill

September 15, 2015
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CALIFORNIA BILLS AWAITING GOV. BROWN’S SIGNATURE WOULD CREATE NEW FELONIES AND PUT MORE...

Criminal Justice

Crime Victims Work to Cure for Both Grief & Violence in Los Angeles….and Beyond

September 14, 2015
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Legal Affairs journalist Mark Obbie, writing for Slate, is on Part 5 of his exceptional series on...

Civil Liberties

Fear Wins as SB 443, the Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill, Goes Down in Flames

September 11, 2015
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If one has been convicted of a crime, it makes sense that any ill gotten gains produced by...

Jail

LA County Supe Mike Antonovich Bizarrely Slams the ACLU—Again

September 11, 2015
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On Tuesday at the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors’ meeting, Sheriff Jim McDonnell had just...

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • LGBTQ

Bills to Pay Attention to as CA Closes in on the End of the Legislative Session

September 10, 2015
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CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE BILL THAT HAD POTENTIAL TO RIGHT SERIOUS WRONGS HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN, AND...

Bill Bratton

New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s Law Enforcement Legacy

September 9, 2015
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Ken Auletta has a not-to-be-missed profile of New York police commissioner (and former LAPD Chief)...

American Artists • American Voices • Gangs • Homeboy Industries

The Life-Saving Art of Fabian Debora

September 8, 2015
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“Art saved my life.” These days my friend Fabian Deborah says those words in front of...

Law Enforcement

Texas Governor Calls for Law Enforcement Supporters to Wear Blue

September 4, 2015
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked supporters to wear blue Friday as a way to honor Harris County Deputy...

Charlie Beck • Jim McDonnell • Los Angeles Mayor

2015 Crime Spikes

September 4, 2015
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TOO SOON TO TELL WHAT’S BEHIND HIGHER CRIME RATES AND WHETHER WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE...

Solitary

Landmark Settlement on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

September 3, 2015
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“Today is a historic day,” said Jules Lobel, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Women's Issues

The LA Jail Construction Re-Vote

September 2, 2015
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LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS VOTE, THIS TIME LEGALLY, ON A REPLACEMENT FOR MEN’S CENTRAL JAIL On...

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