SHERIFF’S CANDIDATES GET NOTABLY PROGRESSIVE AND PAUL TANAKA PULLS A LAST MINUTE NO-SHOW AT...
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
LASD SPECIAL COUNSEL MERRICK BOBB SAYS HE STILL PROVIDES EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT, DISAGREES WITH...
Kilpatrick Imperiled Sports Program Should be Saved, Says Chief Powers & LA County Supes Agree—& the Research Agrees Too
For nearly two years, the fate of LA County Probation’s much-lauded Kilpatrick sports program...
New LASD Inspector General Says Fire Existing LASD Watchdogs…. & Effort to Make LA Schools “Less Toxic” is Hit & Miss
LASD INSPECTOR MAX HUNTSMAN SAYS THAT IT’S TIME FOR THE OLD OVERSIGHT METHODS TO GO In a...
FBI Asked Indicted Deputy To Wear A Wire With His Father….& Baca
According to information contained new documents filed Monday by the attorneys of Los Angeles...
Board of Supervisors to Hear Arguments at Meeting About Closing Famous Youth Sports Program
On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors will hear recommendations from Probation Chief...
LA County Sheriff’s Deputies Union Will Not Endorse a Candidate Until After the Primary
We have learned from multiple sources inside the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, the...
Influx of Second-Strikers in CA Prisons, Smarter Sentencing & Recidivism Reduction Bills, Investigating Alleged DOJ Misconduct…and More
PRISON ADMISSION NUMBERS FOR SECOND STRIKERS JUMPED 33% LAST YEAR In 2012, California amended the...
The Cost of Trauma & Tales of Resiliance
In the late 1990s, a couple of researchers named Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda conducted a...
At First Public Sheriff’s Debate Candidates Come Out Swinging
At Wednesday night’s debate between those in the race for the office of LA county sheriff, an...
Posting Late Today
We will be posting a bit later today— with news that includes a report on the first public...
Losing Joe McGinniss: December 9, 1942 – March 10, 2014
Journalist/author Joe McGinniss died unexpectedly on Monday, March 10. He’d been battling...
Fixing the “Truancy Crisis,” NYC Art Program Diverts Teen Taggers, Exonerated After 30 Years on Death Row…and More
KEEPING CALIFORNIA KIDS IN SCHOOL AND ON TRACK On Monday, California Attorney General Kamala...
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
FEDS INVESTIGATE AWFUL PRIVATE IDAHO PRISON (ARE YOU LISTENING CALIFORNIA??) The FBI has launched...
WitnessLA on “Deadline LA” Monday at 3 pm, KPFK 90.7 FM
Today, Monday, I’ll be on Deadline LA with Barbara Osborn and Howard Blume at 3 pm. You can...
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
PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA YOUTH FACILITY ALLOWS KIDS TO LEARN TECH INDUSTRY WHILE EARNING MONEY AND...
Heartbreak Over Death of LAPD Officer Nicholas Lee
The word first went out at around just before 9 am Friday morning that an LAPD officer had been...
More on the NY Mag Prisoner Hunger Strike Story, LASD Inspector General Wants Town Hall Meetings, a Rundown on Sheriff Candidates…and More
NPR’S FRESH AIR: HOW CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST PRISON HUNGER STRIKE WAS COORDINATED On...