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#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
2014 Election • Immigration & Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Pretrial Detention/Release • Prison • Prison Policy • Realignment • Sentencing

Sheriff’s Candidates Wax Progressive at Debate….Tanaka’s a No-Show….Eric Previn Wants 2 be Supe…& More

March 21, 2014
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SHERIFF’S CANDIDATES GET NOTABLY PROGRESSIVE AND PAUL TANAKA PULLS A LAST MINUTE NO-SHOW AT...

DCFS • Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Race & Justice • Sheriff John Scott

LASD Monitor Merrick Bobb Wants to Stay, LA Supervisors Move Forward on Mira Loma Jail Plan, Supes Gain Access to LASD Investigation Docs….and More

March 20, 2014
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LASD SPECIAL COUNSEL MERRICK BOBB SAYS HE STILL PROVIDES EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT, DISAGREES WITH...

Board of Supervisors • Children and Adolescents • Probation

Kilpatrick Imperiled Sports Program Should be Saved, Says Chief Powers & LA County Supes Agree—& the Research Agrees Too

March 19, 2014
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For nearly two years, the fate of LA County Probation’s much-lauded Kilpatrick sports program...

Inspector General • Jail • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • OIR • School to Prison Pipeline • Trauma • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

New LASD Inspector General Says Fire Existing LASD Watchdogs…. & Effort to Make LA Schools “Less Toxic” is Hit & Miss

March 19, 2014
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LASD INSPECTOR MAX HUNTSMAN SAYS THAT IT’S TIME FOR THE OLD OVERSIGHT METHODS TO GO In a...

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

FBI Asked Indicted Deputy To Wear A Wire With His Father….& Baca

March 18, 2014
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According to information contained new documents filed Monday by the attorneys of Los Angeles...

Board of Supervisors • Juvenile Justice • Probation

Board of Supervisors to Hear Arguments at Meeting About Closing Famous Youth Sports Program

March 18, 2014
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On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors will hear recommendations from Probation Chief...

LASD • Paul Tanaka • Unions

LA County Sheriff’s Deputies Union Will Not Endorse a Candidate Until After the Primary

March 17, 2014
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We have learned from multiple sources inside the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, the...

CDCR • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Prison • Rehabilitation • Sentencing • Trauma

Influx of Second-Strikers in CA Prisons, Smarter Sentencing & Recidivism Reduction Bills, Investigating Alleged DOJ Misconduct…and More

March 16, 2014
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PRISON ADMISSION NUMBERS FOR SECOND STRIKERS JUMPED 33% LAST YEAR In 2012, California amended the...

Community Health • Juvenile Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Trauma

The Cost of Trauma & Tales of Resiliance

March 14, 2014
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In the late 1990s, a couple of researchers named Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda conducted a...

2014 Election • FBI • LASD • U.S. Attorney

At First Public Sheriff’s Debate Candidates Come Out Swinging

March 14, 2014
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At Wednesday night’s debate between those in the race for the office of LA county sheriff, an...

2014 Election • LASD

Posting Late Today

March 13, 2014
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We will be posting a bit later today— with news that includes a report on the first public...

American Voices • Life and Life Only • Writers and Writing

Losing Joe McGinniss: December 9, 1942 – March 10, 2014

March 12, 2014
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Journalist/author Joe McGinniss died unexpectedly on Monday, March 10. He’d been battling...

Death Penalty • Education • Innocence • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • School to Prison Pipeline • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Fixing the “Truancy Crisis,” NYC Art Program Diverts Teen Taggers, Exonerated After 30 Years on Death Row…and More

March 12, 2014
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KEEPING CALIFORNIA KIDS IN SCHOOL AND ON TRACK On Monday, California Attorney General Kamala...

2014 Election • Innocence • Paul Tanaka • Prison • Prison Policy • Prosecutors • Sentencing

Big Problems With Idaho’s Private Prison…. A New Sheriff Candidate Debate!….CA Needs Sentencing Reform…Out of Control Prosecutors…..& Paul Tanaka Has a Plan – UPDATED

March 11, 2014
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FEDS INVESTIGATE AWFUL PRIVATE IDAHO PRISON (ARE YOU LISTENING CALIFORNIA??) The FBI has launched...

LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

WitnessLA on “Deadline LA” Monday at 3 pm, KPFK 90.7 FM

March 10, 2014
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Today, Monday, I’ll be on Deadline LA with Barbara Osborn and Howard Blume at 3 pm. You can...

CDCR • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Mental Illness • Prison • Reentry • Restorative Justice • Sheriff John Scott

Program Helps Kids in CA Lockup Repay Victims While Learning a Trade…LASD to Propose Early Release Risk Assessment Program…Sheriff Candidate Updates…and More

March 10, 2014
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PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA YOUTH FACILITY ALLOWS KIDS TO LEARN TECH INDUSTRY WHILE EARNING MONEY AND...

Charlie Beck • LAPD • Life and Life Only

Heartbreak Over Death of LAPD Officer Nicholas Lee

March 8, 2014
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The word first went out at around just before 9 am Friday morning that an LAPD officer had been...

CDCR • Innocence • LASD • Solitary

More on the NY Mag Prisoner Hunger Strike Story, LASD Inspector General Wants Town Hall Meetings, a Rundown on Sheriff Candidates…and More

March 7, 2014
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NPR’S FRESH AIR: HOW CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST PRISON HUNGER STRIKE WAS COORDINATED On...

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