….During my lifetime I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have...
LAPD Running Low on Quality Applicants, Baca Discusses Hiring Fiasco, Compassionate Release, and Sentencing Discretion
FEWER QUALIFIED LAPD JOB-SEEKERS LEAVES DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAFFED Over the last few months, the LAPD...
Sheriff to Report to Supes on Hiring Practices, School Districts Across the US Nix Zero-Tolerance…and More
LA SUPERVISORS WANT EXPLANATION FROM SHERIFF BACA ON RECENTLY REVEALED CONTROVERSIAL HIRING...
More on the LASD Hiring Story, False Confessions via the “Reid Technique,” and LAUSD’s Vanishing Libraries
LA SUPERVISOR YAROSLAVSKY SAYS NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL SHOULD EXAMINE LASD HIRING On Monday, we...
WHO SHOULD BE A COP? LAT’s Disturbing Window into the Hiring Practices of the LA County Sheriff’s Department…and More
On Sunday, the LA Times published an exceptionally well-reported—and disturbing—look...
Happy (Slightly Belated) Thanksgiving
We hope your day was filled with warmth, love and friendship. We are grateful for your company. ...
Corruption Fighter from the DA’s Office Will be New Inspector General for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has selected Deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman as...
LA Supes to Pay LASD Inmate Settlement, More Time for LA Foster Care Panel, the Recidivism Conundrum, and Inmate Firefighters
LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS AGREE TO PAY SETTLEMENT IN JAIL MISCONDUCT CASE On Tuesday, the LA County...
Accusations of Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Involved in Murder-for-Hire Plot Called “Frivolous” & “Untrue” by LASD
The whole thing reportedly began around eighteen months ago when an LA County jail informant, who...
Supes May Vote on LASD Oversight Commission & Questionable Electronic Monitoring Contract….A Glitch in 3-Strikes Reform…Police & Sheriffs Given Leftover Iraq War Trucks…An LASD Detective & a Steamy Cold Case
SUPES COULD VOTE TUESDAY ON LASD OVERSIGHT COMMISSION….& THE CONTRACT TO HIRE THE SAME...
Controversial LASD Challenger, Paul Tanaka, on Which Way LA? With Warren Olney Monday Night
This is a fascinating radio conversation. Warren asks challenging questions about all the...
Inmate Tech Entrepreneur Program Comes to Twin Towers…Help for LA’s Homeless Moms…Suicide of Deputy’s Girlfriend Leaves Much Unanswered…and a Bill for Brightly-Colored Fake Guns
PROGRAM TO TRAIN TWIN TOWERS INMATES FOR FUTURE JOBS WITH TECH START-UPS A relatively new business...
With Gratitude to Wanda Coleman: 1946 – 2013
“Like Wallace Stegner, I am in the ‘universal’ tradition of writers who concern...
California DOJ’s New Recidivism Branch, New Report on Juvenile Isolation, and Ohio’s False Confession Saga
CALIFORNIA AG HARRIS LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO FIGHT RECIDIVISM California AG Kamala Harris announced...
A Good Prison Turns Bad…..Why Doesn’t CA Collect Usable Criminal Justice Data?….How Solano County Helps Lawbreaking Kids….and More.
WHEN A “MODEL” PRISON BREAKS BAD What has caused so many of our nation’s prisons...
Brown Hopeful About Prison Negotiations…Crucial Justice Programs Denied Federal Funding…LAPD’s New Digital “Library of Homicide”…and More
A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE PRISON-OVERCROWDING TUNNEL? On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown sounded hopeful...
Should the LA Board of Supervisors Approve An Electronic Monitoring Contract With the Company That OC Just Fired for a String of Failures? – UPDATED
UPDATE: The vote on the Sentinel Offender Services contract was postponed until next Tuesday...
Help for San Diego’s Jailed Vets, Prop 36 Outcomes, and SCOTUS Lets Alabama Continue Controversial “Judicial Override”
A SAN DIEGO JAIL’S ENCOURAGING NEW PROGRAM FOR VETERANS San Diego County’s Vista...