THE ACLU AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS ANNOUNCE FIRST BIG DEBATE BETWEEN CANDIDATES FOR LA COUNTY...
3 Indicted Deputies Say Baca & Tanaka Gave Orders to Hide Informant Anthony Brown—& Other LASD Deputies Smuggled in Drugs for Sales in LA Jails
A motion filed Tuesday, March 4, in federal court seeks to dismiss criminal charges against three...
More Radio: WLA on KPFK with Jon Wiener at 4 pm, 90.7 FM
At 4 pm Wednesday (actually more like 4:40 pm), I will be on KPFK (90.7 FM) with the excellent and...
LA Supe Molina Asks for LASD Internal Investigation Files…Breaking Out of Men’s Central Jail Cells…One Problem with “My Brother’s Keeper”…and More
LA SUPERVISOR MOLINA REQUESTS LASD FILES ON USE OF FORCE INSTANCES Los Angeles County Supervisor...
WitnessLA on KABC 790 With Peter Tilden at 10 p.m.
A QUICKIE NOTICE… I’ll be on Peter Tilden’s show tonight, Tuesday, a on KABC 790...
After Brief Sunshine, Darkness Again at LA Family Court….Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty…Alabama’s Women’s Prison Problem….& More
FAMILY COURT, WHERE FOSTER CARE CASES ARE DECIDED, IS CLOSED TO PRESS AGAIN IN AN APPELLATE COURT...
Fighting Zero-Tolerance in a North Carolina County…Why States Turn to Private Prisons…Foster Kids’ Need for Consistent Education…and Disney Cuts $$ to Boy Scouts Citing Anti-Gay Policy
“MISSION CRITICAL” DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS KIDS BEING PUSHED THROUGH THE...
Obama Launches Initiative to Help Minority Boys and Men, This Week at the Supreme Court, ALADS’ Sheriff Candidate Debate, and an Open Letter from Paul Tanaka
HELPING BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR BREAKING FREE OF THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE On Thursday...
LASD News Roundup, the Post-Release Life of the Exonerated, Solitary Confinement Debate Gains Steam…And More
AN LASD CAMPAIGN WEBSITE PRANK When Assistant Sheriff Jim Hellmold and Long Beach Police Chief Jim...
DOWNFALL: Lee Baca, Paul Tanaka & the LASD
DOWNFALL: FORMER SHERIFF LEE BACA, HIS SECOND IN COMMAND PAUL TANKA AND THE STORY OF HOW THINGS AT...
Contra Costa Does Realignment Right….Supes Take Small Step Toward Civilian Oversight for the LASD….LA County’s Problematic GPS Monitoring….Justice Reform: the Good & the Bad News….
CAN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TEACH THE REST OF CALIFORNIA HOW REALIGNMENT SHOULD BE DONE? Yes, Contra...
WLA on Madeleine Brand Show Wed. Talking About Baca & LASD….Closing the Camp Kilpatrick Sports Program?…. How Has Prez Done on Criminal Justice?….Farewell to Harold Ramis
WITNESSLA ON MADELEINE BRAND SHOW AT 12 NOON WED TALKING ABOUT LEE BACA & THE LASD: ...
More on That Calderon Corruption Case—involving FBI Stings, Many Millions in Double Billing, and Fake Film Companies
California State Senator California Senator Ronald Calderon was taken into custody Monday morning...
LA’s $2M Child Abuse Reporting System Underused, Texas’ Example of Successful Prison Reform…and More
SYSTEM FOR CHILD ABUSE REPORTING BETWEEN LA DCFS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT NOT USED ENOUGH BY...
Restorative Justice Transforms Colorado High School, Recommended Longreads, $6.4M for a Wrongful Murder Conviction…and More
REPLACING HARSH SCHOOL DISCIPLINE WITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION Once consumed by chronic suspensions and...
NY Ends Solitary Confinement of Kids, LA Times Book Award Finalists Announced, People of Color in Private Prisons…and More
NY BECOMES LARGEST PRISON SYSTEM IN THE US TO BAN ISOLATION OF INCARCERATED KIDS On Wednesday, the...
Feds Address Contra Costa Juvenile Hall’s Use of Solitary Confinement…a Call for LASD Oversight…and DCFS Simulates Home Visits for Social Worker Trainees
JUSTICE AND EDUCATION DEPTS JUMP INTO LAWSUIT AGAINST CONTRA COSTA’S ISOLATION PRACTICES IN...
Does a Newly Surfaced E-Mail Tie Paul Tanaka to the FBI’s Obstruction of Justice Case….& More
An internal sheriff’s department email that has recently surfaced appears to link former...