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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
#DangerousJails

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
Charlie Beck • Jail • LAPD • Law Enforcement • Medical Care • Race & Justice • Unions

Video Shows San Bernardino Deputies Beating Man…Nurses Say Health Care in Alameda Jails is Broken…and Walter Scott

April 10, 2015
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HELICOPTER FOOTAGE SHOWS A GROUP OF SAN BERNARDINO DEPUTIES BEATING A MAN ON THE GROUND AFTER A...

Homelessness • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Parole Policy • Probation • Reentry

LA Supes End Ban on Parolee/Probationer Eligibility for Subsidized Housing….Steep Tickets Fund Courts and Bury CA’s Poor in Debt….Employment Barriers for Former Offenders…Town Hall Meetings on LASD Citizen’s Oversight Panel

April 9, 2015
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SOME LA PAROLEES AND PROBATIONERS WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SECTION 8 VOUCHERS On Tuesday...

DCFS • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • Law Enforcement • Los Angeles County • LWOP Kids • Mental Health • Youth

LA Officials to (Belatedly) Crack Down on Over-Drugging LA Kids….A Juvie Lifer Artist…and the Shooting of Walter Scott

April 8, 2015
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MENTAL HEALTH OFFICIALS TO CRACK DOWN ON OVER-DRUGGING OF KIDS IN COUNTY CARE (UM…THAT WOULD...

District Attorney • LA County Jail • Los Angeles County • Mental Illness

LA DA Jackie Lacey Chats Candidly With Community Experts Re: Mental Health Diversion

April 7, 2015
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MORE THAN THE USUAL SUSPECTS Last Friday, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey held a meeting...

Children and Adolescents • Crime and Punishment • Health Care • Innocence • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD

More Bad News Re: Antipsychotics & Medicaid Children….How Should We Compensate the Wrongly Convicted?…..$5.3 Mil Possible Payout for LASD Shooting

April 7, 2015
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NEW STUDY SHOWS ADDED HEALTH RISKS FOR CHILDREN TAKING ANTIPSYCHOTICS Last week we reported on an...

Foster Care • Law Enforcement

Prisoner Reentry Study, LA County Slow to Stop Funding Problem-Ridden Foster Care Group Home, another troubled CA Group Home, and Rolling Stone

April 6, 2015
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STUDY TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT FORMER OFFENDERS’ PERSONAL HISTORIES AS THEY REENTER...

Education • School to Prison Pipeline • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

VISALIA: What Happened to Suspension Rates When a California School District Decided That ALL Its Kids Mattered?

April 3, 2015
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VISALIA CHANGES COURSE California’s Visalia Unified School District used to suspend their...

District Attorney • Jail • Mental Illness • Obama

Incompetent to Stand Trial and Warehoused in Jails, SFPD Chief Blasts SF DA’s Task Force, 22 Pardons, and P22

April 2, 2015
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NO HOSPITAL BEDS: LA’S MENTALLY ILL AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED DEFENDANTS DECLARED...

Children and Adolescents • Foster Care • Health Care • Mental Health • The Feds

Feds Investigate Rampant Drugging of Poor Children with Antipsychotics

April 1, 2015
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ALARMING NEW FEDERAL REPORT ON DOCS OVER-PRESCRIBING POWERFUL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS TO CHILDREN ON...

District Attorney • DNA • FBI • Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca

LA Deputy Saves Stray Dogs and Cats, FBI Informant Anthony Brown Sues LA County, Task Force to Investigate SF Law Enforcement Misdeeds, One-in-Three Homicides Unsolved in US

March 31, 2015
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LASD PARKS DEPUTY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND, MOONLIGHTS AS ANIMAL RESCUER Los Angeles Sheriff’s...

Crime and Punishment • Prison Policy • Solitary • Torture

Suing Colorado’s ADX Prison: “A Clean Version of Hell”

March 30, 2015
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INMATES KEPT IN ISOLATION IN THE NATION’S SECURITY PRISON: “THEY ARE NOT SURE THEY...

Civil Liberties • Crime and Punishment • Jail • Media • Prison Policy • Race • Race & Class

Media & Crime & Race…Emotion Makes Bad Law…..Were SF Jail Deputies Behind Inmates Gladiator Fights?…A SF Jail Deputies Behind Inmates Gladiator Fights?

March 30, 2015
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DEAR MEDIA, ABOUT THE CRIME & RACE THING…YOU’RE NOT HELPING We know that...

Children and Adolescents • Crime and Punishment • FBI • Juvenile Justice • Probation • Prosecutors

Study Shows LA County Probation Kids Not Getting Needed Help…. Mass Murder Meets Prosecutorial Madness….Local FBI Agent Indicted

March 27, 2015
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INFORMATION LACKING FOR LA COUNTY PROBATION KIDS Up until now, LA County juvenile...

Gangs • Juvenile Justice • LWOP Kids • Sentencing

After 24 Years, Juvie LWOP Lifer Paroled…2 Supremes Blast US Justice System…Recognizing Good Prosecutors

March 26, 2015
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CONVICTED OF MURDER AT 16, RELEASED 24 YEARS LATER IN ONE OF FIRST SB 9 PAROLES In 1991, the year...

Law Enforcement • Life and Life Only

San Jose Veteran Officer Killed by Suicidal Shooter After Answering Call for Help

March 25, 2015
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When 14-year veteran San Jose police officer Michael Johnson was fatally shot Tuesday evening, he...

District Attorney • Jail • Jim McDonnell • LAPD • Mental Illness • Prison Policy • Race & Justice

John Oliver Blasts Municipal Fine Swindle-System, LAPD Empathy Training, LA City Crime Rates, and Former LA DA Paid to Lobby for New Jail

March 25, 2015
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JOHN OLIVER SHINES A LIGHT ON MUNICIPAL FINES AS ABUSIVE MEANS TO FUND CITIES Many cities use the...

ACLU • CDCR • Guns • Inspector General • LA County Jail • LASD

LA Jail Settlement over Disabilities Law, Drunk CA Prison Guards with Guns, Recording Studio in Juvie Lock-up, and Gradual Reentry

March 24, 2015
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US DISTRICT JUDGE OKAYS LA COUNTY SETTLEMENT OVER NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES...

Child Sexual Abuse • DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • Mental Illness • Reentry

SCOTUS to Consider How Cops Deal with Mentally Ill, Asking the Right Questions About Police Killings, Gov. Brown Sez Hire Ex-inmates, and Trafficked Foster Kids

March 23, 2015
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US HIGH COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS ON HOW POLICE HANDLE ARMED, MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE This week, the US...

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