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

August 7, 2025
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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
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Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
LA County Board of Supervisors • Los Angeles Times • Writers and Writing

GARAGE GATE: The LA Times, Mark Ridley-Thomas & the Scandal that Isn’t

February 14, 2014
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WHY IS THE LA TIMES STILL REPORTING ON MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS’ GARAGE? As of this week, the LA...

DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Juvenile Justice • LAUSD • Prison

New LA Program for Child Victims of Sex-Trafficking, Reopening LAUSD Libraries, Holder Takes on Disenfranchisement, and Jerry Brown—Prisons and Playing Cards

February 13, 2014
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LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO AID VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX-TRAFFICKING On Wednesday, Los...

Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Obama • Public Defender • Race & Class • School to Prison Pipeline • Sheriff John Scott

LA Sheriff Scott Interview, LA Supes to Scrutinize Youth Indigent Defense, LASD IG Addresses Public, and Obama’s New Initiative for Young Men of Color

February 12, 2014
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PATT MORRISON INTERVIEWS LA COUNTY INTERIM SHERIFF JOHN SCOTT In an interview with the LA...

DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors • LGBTQ • Prison

Two Extra Years to Ease California Prison Overcrowding, More Than a Child Welfare Czar, and DOJ Sez: Equal Rights for Same-Sex Couples

February 11, 2014
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JUDGES GRANT GOV. BROWN TWO MORE YEARS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATION On Monday, the federal...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff John Scott • Sheriff Lee Baca

On Which Way LA? With Warren Olney Tonight at 7 pm

February 10, 2014
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I’ll be on Which Way LA? tonight at 7 pm on KCRW, 89.9 talking about what these most recent...

ACLU • District Attorney • FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County • Probation • Realignment • Reentry • Sheriff Lee Baca

Latest Fed Indictment of LASD Deputies Suggests Big Failures of Leadership

February 10, 2014
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On the morning of April 16, 2012, Paulino Juarez testified in front of the Citizens Commission on...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • U.S. Attorney

Two More LASD Deputies Indicted Friday Morning

February 7, 2014
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On Friday morning, US Attorney Andre Birotte announced that two more members of the Los Angeles...

Board of Supervisors • Jail • LAPD • LAPPL • LGBTQ • Orange County • Realignment

OC Supervisors Block Plan to Release and Monitor Low-Risk Felons…Officers Who Shot at Women in Dorner Hunt to Return to Work…California Judges May Be Prohibited from Boy Scout Affiliation

February 7, 2014
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ORANGE COUNTY SUPES REJECT SHERIFF’S PLAN TO ELECTRONICALLY MONITOR SOME LOW-LEVEL FELONS The...

LASD • Sheriff John Scott

New LA Sheriff Scott Takes On the LASD’s Infamous Smoking Patio

February 6, 2014
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On Wednesday afternoon, an executive aide to LA County’s brand new sheriff John Scott sent...

Human Rights • Juvenile Justice • Prison • Probation • Reentry • U.S. Attorney

Convictions in Coast Guard Killing, Probationers Jailed for Inability to Pay for Supervision, Admissions Blocked at New Stockton Prison, and Jobs for Justice-Involved Kids

February 6, 2014
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US ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES CONVICTIONS IN DEATH OF CALIFORNIA COAST GUARD Chief Petty Officer Terrell...

ACLU • CDCR • DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • Homeboy Industries • LA County Board of Supervisors • Realignment • Reentry • Rehabilitation

Potential Partnership Between LA County and Homeboy Industries…Supes Address Foster Care Commission Recommendations…ACLU Sues California for Disenfranchising Probationers…and More

February 5, 2014
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LA SUPES TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP WTIH HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES The LA County Board of Supervisors agreed...

CDCR • Gangs • LASD • Prison • PTSD • Reentry • Trauma

PTSD Epidemic in Violent Neighborhoods, New California Rules Regarding Prisoners with Gang Ties…and More

February 4, 2014
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POPULATIONS OF UNDIAGNOSED, UNTREATED VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA LIVING IN HIGH-CRIME...

Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Prison • Reentry • Sheriff Lee Baca

New Sheriff Halts Civilian Deputy Program, the Plight of LA’s Juvenile Indigent Defense, Entrepreneurial Education for Prisoners, and the Loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman

February 3, 2014
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INTERIM SHERIFF SCOTT SUSPENDS CONTROVERSIAL FIELD DEPUTY PROGRAM Interim Sheriff John Scott...

CDCR • Jail • LASD • Prison • Realignment • Reentry • Rehabilitation • Sheriff Lee Baca

Interim Sheriff John Scott is Sworn In as Baca Steps Down…ABC7 Investigates LA Field Deputy’s Duties…and California Prisons Can Learn from San Francisco Jails

January 31, 2014
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INTERIM LA SHERIFF JOHN SCOTT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE Two hours after (now former) Sheriff Lee...

Child Sexual Abuse • Juvenile Justice • Obama • Restorative Justice • Sentencing • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Juvenile Justice Roundup: California Suspension & Expulsion Rates Fall, San Francisco School Nixes Zero-Tolerance, Help for Trafficked Girls at an Alameda County Courthouse…and More

January 30, 2014
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SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION RATES DROP IN CALIFORNIA In California, suspensions were down 14% and...

LASD • Los Angeles County • Sheriff Lee Baca

OC’s John Scott Named Interim Sheriff—& So Far the News Seems Good

January 29, 2014
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THE NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN IS OC’S JOHN SCOTT On Tuesday after much speculation, a couple of...

American Artists • American Voices • Children and Adolescents • Courts • DCFS • Foster Care • Life and Life Only • Race • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Goodnight Pete Seeger….We’ll See You in Our Dreams….& Other News

January 29, 2014
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WITH LOVE & GRATITUDE TO PETE SEEGER, AMERICA’S JOY-FILLED AND FEROCIOUS MUSICAL...

Juvenile Justice • LAPD • LASD • Prison • Reentry • Restorative Justice • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Seventeen States Projected to Lower Prison Pop. and Save Billions…San Francisco Draws the Line on Police Involvement in Schools…and LAPD-Learned Lessons for Reforming the LASD

January 28, 2014
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COST-CUTTING, PRISON POPULATION-REDUCING STRATEGY SEES SUCCESS ACROSS 17 STATES A study released...

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