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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
CDCR • Fire • LASD

Are Inmate Fire Camps in Danger Due to Prop 47?…and Thoughts on Obama’s Immigration Speech

November 21, 2014
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COULD PROP 47 KILL CALIFORNIA’S INMATE FIRE CAMPS? As it was when California’s...

Charlie Beck • Homeboy Industries • LAPD • LAPPL • LGBTQ • Marijuana Laws • Youth at Risk

Helping Treatment Programs Access Funding, LAPD to Implement Discipline Recommendations, CA Attorney General Discusses Marijuana Legalization, and Montana Gets Gay Marriage

November 20, 2014
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LA SUPES MOVE TOWARD MAKING IT EASIER FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS TO GET FUNDING The...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Crime and Punishment • Education • LAPD • LAUSD • Race • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Trauma

CA’s Poorer Students Lose Weeks of Instruction…LAUSD Fires Lawyer Who Blamed 14-yr-old for Sex With Teacher….Kids, Trauma & Schools…and LAPD Braces for Ferguson Decision

November 19, 2014
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STUDY FINDS CA’S LOW INCOME HIGH SCHOOLS LOSE 25 DAYS OF INSTRUCTION A YEAR Teachers in...

2014 Election • Mental Illness • Sentencing • War on Drugs

Choosing Third-Strikers to Release, AG Eric Holder Interview, Child Welfare Post-2014 Elections, and a Newt Gingrich Op-Ed

November 18, 2014
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DIFFICULTIES IN SELECTING THIRD-STRIKERS TO RELEASE, AND WHY PROP 47 MIGHT PLAY A ROLE IN...

Charlie Beck • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Journalism • LAPD • The Feds

LAPD Discipline Survey, the Marshall Project Launch: Missed Habeas Corpus Deadlines, and CA Ordered to Start Paroling Second-Strikers,

November 17, 2014
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LAPD SURVEY SHOWS OFFICERS FEEL THEY ARE UNFAIRLY, INCONSISTENTLY DISCIPLINED An LA Police...

Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • Parole Policy

Juvenile Records, Paroled Despite Innocence Claims, Solving Mass Incarceration, and the Supervisors’ Decision-Making Haste

November 14, 2014
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MOST STATES FAILING TO PROTECT JUVENILE RECORDS AND PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCESS TO EXPUNGEMENT While...

District Attorney • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • Mental Health • Police

LA Supes Set $41M Toward Mental Health Diversion, Prison Banker Cuts Controversial Fees, LBPD’s New Chief…and More

November 13, 2014
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LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY JACKIE LACEY’S MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PUSH LEADS SUPERVISORS TO...

ACEs • Public Health • Trauma

THE TRAUMA FILES: An Inner City Pediatrician Has an Epiphany…and the First Ever Summit on the Medical Effects of Trauma on Kids Kicks Off

November 12, 2014
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WHEN CHILDHOOD BECOMES TOXIC In 2008, a colleague handed pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris an...

District Attorney • Jim McDonnell • Mental Illness • Sentencing • Veterans

New Report: DA Lacey’s Push to Divert Mentally Ill from Jails, LA Child Welfare Check-up, Post-Prop 47 Recommendations, and Gratitude to All Our Veterans

November 11, 2014
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY JACKIE LACEY TO PRESENT REPORT ON HOW LA COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM COULD BETTER SERVE...

2014 Election • ACLU • Jail • Jim McDonnell • LA County Jail • LASD • Race • Race & Justice • Sentencing

Prop. 47, the Releases Have Begun….McDonnell Makes Plans…. How Elections Affect LA….Monday’s American Justice Summit Live Streams

November 10, 2014
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In the days since California voters passed Prop. 47 by a healthy margin, real world responses to...

Jim McDonnell • Juvenile Justice • LASD • Law Enforcement • Trauma

California’s Child Trauma Crisis, Vicarious Trauma in First Responders, the Problem with Evidence-Based Practices, and McDonnell’s Challenges

November 7, 2014
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NEW EXTENSIVE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IS A HEALTH CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA The San...

2014 Election • ACLU • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Sentencing

Recommended Reading: Post-election News Roundup

November 6, 2014
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NEW LA COUNTY SHERIFF: JIM MCDONNELL TAKES OVER THE REINS Newly elected Los Angeles County Sheriff...

2014 Election • Education • Elections • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Prison Policy • Reentry • Sentencing

Election Night Snapshot

November 5, 2014
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IT’S MCDONNELL, OFFICIALLY, FINALLY Brand new LA County Sheriff-elect Jim McDonnell took the...

2014 Election • Crime & Consequence

Last Minute, REALLY Low Down Dirty LA Politics in the 64th Assembly District

November 4, 2014
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UGLY MUD FLIES IN THE ASSEMBLY RACE BETWEEN PROPHET WALKER AND MIKE GIPSON Mud-slinging is an...

2014 Election • Education • LA County Board of Supervisors • Paul Tanaka

Recommended Reading as We Head into Nov. 4 Elections: Education, Attorney General, County Supervisor, and Sheriff

November 3, 2014
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CRUCIAL STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION RACE ROUNDUP California’s race for...

2014 Election • District Attorney • Immigration & Justice • Law Enforcement • Realignment • Sentencing

Will CA Lead on Criminal Justice Reform on Tuesday?…Is US Border Patrol Out of Control?…Can Over-Incarceration Cause Community Violence?…& More

October 31, 2014
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NY TIMES SEZ CALIFORNIA POISED TO LEAD ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM WITH PROP 47 For decades...

DCFS • District Attorney • Foster Care • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Los Angeles County • Mental Illness

Report: LA Needs More Mental Health-Trained Officers and Diversion Tools, California Kids’ Well-Being, Mental Health and Foster Care, Sheriff John Scott Backs Jim McDonnell…and More

October 30, 2014
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REPORT COMMISSIONED BY LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY JACKIE LACEY SAYS COPS NEED MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, AND...

Arts • Immigration & Justice • Innocence • Mental Illness • Prison Policy

Conviction Integrity Units, Race-Based Lockdowns, 30 House Dems Concerned by US Immigration, and a Nathaniel Ayers Update

October 29, 2014
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY DA’S OFFICE JOINS SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND OTHERS, SETS UP CONVICTION...

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