STUDY: EXPOSURE TO WEAPONS, VIOLENCE LINKED TO TRAUMA, NEGATIVE OUTCOMES In the US, one-in-four...
Oversight of Jail Inmate Health Care Away Might Be Yanked From LA Sheriff’s Department…& Will the Supes Reconsider the High Ticket Jail Building Plan? – UPDATED
PROBABLE NEW MANAGEMENT FOR LA JAILS’ MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE Los Angeles County is...
The Breaking of Kalief Browder: 1993-2015
In October 2014, The New Yorker ran a shattering story by staff writer Jennifer Gonnerman about a...
Ex-Gang Member’s Life Does a 180 After He Joins Los Ryderz – by Sarah Zahedi
EDITOR’S NOTE: Programs that are effective at helping gang-involved kids and others to...
Bills to Curb Drugging of Foster Kids Clear CA Senate…Veteran’s Court Makes Vets Feel at Home…LA FBI Agent Indicted…and More
PACKAGE OF BILLS TARGETING OVER-DRUGGING OF CA’S FOSTER KIDS MOVES ON TO STATE ASSEMBLY On...
Alleged Abuse at a Boot Camp for LA-Area Kids….Disclosing LA County’s Legal Bills….LAUSD Program Re-Enrolls Kids Exiting Juvie Detention….Fight in Men’s Central Jail
SEVEN KIDS SAY THEY WERE ABUSED DURING A BOOT CAMP PUT ON BY HUNTINGTON PARK AND SOUTH GATE POLICE...
WitnessLA Story Wins New Award for Reporting on Baca, Tanaka & the LASD
The City and Regional Magazine Association, sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism, gave...
LASD Deputy to Donate Liver to Partner….a Misused Federal Sentence Enhancement…and More
LASD DEPUTY FINDS HE IS COMPATIBLE TO DONATE PARTIAL LIVER TO HIS DYING TWIN TOWERS PARTNER On...
CA Senate Approves Bill to Limit Solitary for Locked-Up Kids
BILL TO PUT HUGE LIMITATIONS ON WHEN KIDS CAN BE PUT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT MAKES IT PAST CA...
What Happens When Predictive Analytics Enters the World of Child Protection?….How Do You Define a Gang Member?……The LAPD & the Guardian’s Count
WHERE ABUSED CHILDREN MEET THE WORLD OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND BIG DATA Much has rightly been...
Two Deputies Take Deals on Fed Jail Beatings Indictment & Abruptly Change Stories – UPDATED
One of the largest difficulties in proving cases of brutality by deputies toward inmates in LA...
The Power of “Freedom Schools” to be in 7 Juvenile Probation Camps in Alameda & LA Counties, But Will Probation Staff Fully Buy In?
Freedom School Program Liberates Kids in Probation Camp from Mark Ridley-Thomas on Vimeo. This...
Moving Away from Solitary Confinement in LA and CA – UPDATED….Bills, Bills, Bills….Mental Illness….and LYRIC
ADVOCATES AND OTHERS WHO WERE HELD IN SOLITARY AS KIDS PRAISE LA COUNTY SUPES FOR SUPPORTING CA...
LA County Selected for 1st Round of MacArthur $75 Million Jail Reform Challenge (This is a Very Good Thing)….& Holding on to Humanity at Pelican Bay
LA COUNTY ONE OF 20 SELECTED OUT OF 200 ENTRANTS IN $75 MILLION NATIONAL CHALLENGE TO REFORM U.S...
The 22-Hour Standoff, Sentencing Videos, and a Promising Housing Program in SF
LASD 22-HOUR STANDOFF WITH ELDERLY WOMAN A MODEL FOR HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS WITH THE...
WitnessLA on KPFK’s Deadline LA Talking About the LA County Sheriff’s Department, Subpoena Power & Indicting Paul Tanaka…(& Also on KCRW’s Press Play)
WITNESSLA ON DEADLINE LA WITH BARBARA OSBORN AND HOWARD BLUME TALKING ABOUT LASD INDICTMENTS AND...
Updates & Early Legal Challenges in the Tanaka/Carey Indictment Drama….A Call for “Smart Justice” for LA County….a New Brand of Advice for Next Generation Cops…the Death of Officer Kerrie Orozco
FIRST STEPS TOWARD TRIAL FOR TANAKA AND CAREY On Friday, May 29, the first “status...
Arresting Kids Under 12, Hidden Costs of Running Jails, Pell Grants for Inmates, Body Cams, and Freddi Gray
CALIFORNIA ARRESTS 93% FEWER KIDS AND PRE-TEENS THAN 30 YEARS AGO, BUT TWO CITIES DO NOT LINE UP...