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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
DCFS • Department of Justice • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • Law Enforcement • Prosecutors

Protecting Trafficked Foster Kids…Without Legal Representation…Splitting Detained Immigrant Moms from Kids…Sonoma Explores Law Enforcement Oversight

May 14, 2015
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LA SUPERVISORS APPROVE PLANNING HIGH-SECURITY RESIDENCE FOR TRAFFICKED FOSTER KIDS On Tuesday, the...

FBI • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca • U.S. Attorney

Indictments of Former Top LASD Officials Paul Tanaka & Tom Carey to be Announced Thursday Morning

May 14, 2015
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The indictment of Paul Tanaka, the former undersheriff of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s...

Crossover Youth • DCFS • Foster Care • Juvenile Probation • LA County Board of Supervisors

LA’s Crossover Kids Desperately Need Our Help, Says a New Report. So Here’s What One Non-Profit is Doing About It – by Christie Renick

May 13, 2015
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EDITOR’S NOTE:   Earlier this month, the Los Angeles County supervisors received a new...

Education • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LAPD • LASD • School to Prison Pipeline • Willful Defiance • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Oakland School Board May Vote Wed. to End “Willful Defiance”…. LA County Supes Toss ICE Agents Out of Jail (Mostly)…More Reasons to Like Body Cameras

May 13, 2015
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On Wednesday afternoon, May 13, the Oakland Unified School District board is planning to vote on...

Foster Care • Immigration & Justice • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD

Public Access to LA County Files, Hiring Former Offenders, Trauma’s Effect on Infants, Ending ICE Contract in LA Jails

May 12, 2015
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LA COUNTY’S NEW, EASY-TO-USE OPEN DATA WEBSITE Late last week, LA County launched an...

Eric Garcetti • Foster Care • Homelessness • LAPD • LASD • Los Angeles Mayor • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca

More Pandora’s Box Indictments? …”Electronic Backpacks” for Dual-Status Foster Kids…LA Mayor and LAPD Chief Missed Important Opportunity…Two Mississippi Officers Murdered…and More

May 11, 2015
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RECORDINGS AND DOCUMENTS SUGGEST RESPONSIBILITY FOR OBSTRUCTING PANDORA’S BOX MAY LIE WITH...

DCFS • Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors

DCFS Likely Never Distributed $571,000 in MTA Passes Needed by LA’s Foster Kids Says Report

May 8, 2015
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THE VANISHING MTA PASSES In an audit released Friday afternoon, the LA County...

District Attorney • Law Enforcement • Race & Justice

SF District Attorney Reviewing 3,000 Cases for Racial Bias

May 8, 2015
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UNDER REVIEW: A WHOPPING 3,000 CASES INVOLVING SFPD COPS WHO ALLEDGEDLY ENGAGED IN DISCRIMINATORY...

District Attorney • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Education • Innocence • LA County Board of Supervisors • LAPD • LASD • Mental Health • Race & Justice

CA Counties “Step Up” for Mental Health Diversion…Jazz Therapy in Jail…and Preschool Savings

May 8, 2015
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LA, OC, OTHER COUNTIES JOIN UNIQUE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION INITIATIVE A new national initiative to...

Charlie Beck • Juvenile Justice • Kamala Harris • LAPD

The “Masonic Fraternal Police Department”… “Smart on Juvenile Justice” Initiative…Preventing Forensic Failures…LAPD Chief “Concerned” About Venice Shooting…and More

May 7, 2015
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CA ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS’ AIDE AND OTHERS ACCUSED OF OPERATING BOGUS POLICE...

Prosecutors • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • Sentencing

Can a Lone Milwaukee Prosecutor Point the Way Out of Mass Incarceration? … Lawmakers Screech to Halt on Changing Prop. 47 …$450K Settlement on 2-Yr-Old’s Beating Death

May 6, 2015
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ONE UNUSUAL MILWAUKEE PROSECUTOR TAKES ON THE MASS INCARCERATION PROBLEM As a nation, we...

ACLU • Free Speech • Freedom of Information • LAPD • Trauma

40,000 Californians Download ACLU App…..Ferguson’s High Priced “Negotiation” With Justice….Chief Charlie Beck Thanks the Troops

May 5, 2015
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APPROXIMATELY 40,000 CALIFORNIANS DOWNLOAD THE NEW ACLU MOBILE JUSTICE APP IN 5 DAYS Last month a...

American Artists • American Voices • Art and Culture • Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • Prison • Public Defender • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline

Manifesting Justice This Week in Los Angeles

May 4, 2015
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CURTAIN RAISED FOR POP-UP ART EXHIBIT AND CIVIL RIGHTS CONVERSATION SPACE, MANIFEST JUSTICE As...

California Supreme Court • Courts • DCFS • Death Penalty • Foster Care • Homelessness • Juvenile Justice • Mental Health

Support for Aging-out Foster Kids with Their Own Children…Former WA Justice Resigns Over Death Penalty….CA Mental Health Courts….from Drug Dealing to QuickBooks

May 1, 2015
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LA SUPES MOVE FORWARD ON CREATING SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR YOUNG PARENTS WHO ARE AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Drugs & Drug Treatment • Law Enforcement • Propositions • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • Reentry

Prop 47 Town Hall Talks $$$ Use…. Hillary on Criminal Justice…More Thoughts on Violence & Non-Violence Baltimore….

April 30, 2015
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HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS & ADVOCATES GATHER TO ASK STATE & COUNTY OFFICIALS TO SPEND...

Civil Rights • Department of Justice • Jail • Jim McDonnell • Juvenile Justice • Media • Race & Justice

DOJ, LASD Approve Antelope Valley Settlement…For-profit Prison Companies’ Political Influence…and How We Label Kids

April 29, 2015
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LA SUPES OKAY DOJ AND SHERIFF’S DEPT. SETTLEMENT OVER DISCRIMINATION IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...

Charlie Beck • Civil Rights • Department of Justice • Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors • LAPD • LASD • Race & Justice

Loretta Lynch, Baltimore, and Two Important Decisions Before the LA County Supes…and More

April 28, 2015
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LORETTA LYNCH SWORN IN AS 83RD US ATTORNEY GENERAL On Monday, Loretta Lynch was sworn in as the...

Charlie Beck • Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • LAPD • Law Enforcement

The Battle Over Who Can View Body Cam Footage…..Expert Says LAPD Has, in Fact, Come a Long Way…….NYPD Cop Writes New Book……I SAID, DON’T WALK!!!

April 27, 2015
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WHAT GOOD ARE BODY CAMS IF WE CAN’T SEE THE FOOTAGE? In his state of the city speech earlier...

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