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#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
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard

June 20, 2025
#NoSafePlace

LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall

June 5, 2025
Prison Policy • Realignment

Much Awaited Stanford Study Recommends 4 Important Realignment Fixes

November 12, 2013
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NEW STANFORD STUDY HAS 4 RECOMMENDED FIXES FOR REALIGNMENT The passage of California’s Public...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Mental Health • Realignment • School to Prison Pipeline • Solitary

New Video Breaks Down “Zero-Tolerance” with Sitcoms…Realignment Study Part 2…Trauma Lingers Long After Release from Solitary…Supes to Interview Contenders for IG over LASD

November 12, 2013
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SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AS TOLD BY WILL SMITH, FERRIS BUELLER, ZACK MORRIS On Monday, the Advancement...

Innocence • Juvenile Justice • LASD • Probation • Realignment

LA County Losing Track of Parolees…..The Woeful State of Juvenile Defense… An Innocent Man…..Paying for LASD’s Problems

November 11, 2013
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LA COUNTY PROBATION LOSES TRACK OF MORE AB 109 PAROLEES THAN OTHER CA COUNTIES –...

LA County Jail • LASD

Fed Jury Awards $740,000 in Damages for County Jail Brutality Case…With More Damages to Come

November 8, 2013
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On Thursday afternoon, a 7-person federal jury awarded a total of $740,000 in what are called ...

Child Sexual Abuse • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LGBTQ • Prison • Rehabilitation • Restorative Justice • Sentencing

Critical Juvenile Justice System Needs, Senate Committee Hearing on Prisons, March Against Child Sex Trafficking, and Gay Marriage in Illinois

November 8, 2013
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(Jump down to the second section for the story on the above photo.) COMPONENTS OF A COMPETENT...

Crime and Punishment • Gangs • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Sentencing • Sheriff Lee Baca

9th Circuit Slams OC DA’s Unconstitutional Use of Gang Injunction….& La Opinion Nixes New Term for Baca

November 7, 2013
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9TH CIRCUIT RULES THAT OC DA RACKAUCKAS VIOLATES DUE PROCESS WITH HIS 2009 BAIT AND SWITCH GANG...

Education • Foster Care

MINING THE “UNTAPPED POTENTIAL” OF CALIFORNIA’S FOSTER CARE KIDS

November 6, 2013
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MINING THE “UNTAPPED POTENTIAL” OF CALIFORNIA’S FOSTER CARE KIDS Some dynamic programs help...

LA County Jail • Prison • Realignment • Sentencing • Supreme Court

AB 109 Recap + the Women of Realignment, SCOTUS Rejects Suit Against San Diego Officer…and More

November 5, 2013
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CALIFORNIA REALIGNMENT REVIEW AND THE PLIGHT OF AB 109’S WOMEN If you need to brush up on the...

2014 Election • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County • Sentencing • Sheriff Lee Baca

Hiding the Real Cost of Lawsuits Against the LA County Sheriff’s Department…..Sentencing 101…..& Do We Need a Permanent LASD Citizen’s Commission?

November 1, 2013
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WHY WON’T LA COUNTY DISCLOSE THE REAL $$ COST OF DEFENDING THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT...

ACLU • Death Penalty • Health Care • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LAPD • Sheriff Lee Baca

Prison Health Care Costs Skyrocket, ACLU Director Slams Baca, New Death Penalty Survey…and More

October 31, 2013
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STUDY SHOWS HUGE JUMP IN STATES’ PRISON HEALTH CARE COSTS In 44 states, prison health care...

American Artists • Child Sexual Abuse • Juvenile Justice

Where to Lock Up the CA Kid Who Killed his Neo Nazi Dad….Sexual Abuse-Riddled GA Juvie Prison To Close….For Profit Juvie Lock-Ups….And More

October 30, 2013
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PSYCHOLOGISTS ARGUE ABOUT LOCK-UP LOCATION FOR 13-YEAR OLD WHO, AT TEN, SHOT HIS NEO-NAZI...

LA County Jail • LASD • OIR

New OIR Jail Abuse Report Finds Many Excessive Force Allegations “Unresolved”….and Unresolvable

October 29, 2013
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A new report released Monday night by the Office of Independent Review looks at a pile of...

Crime and Punishment • DCFS • Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors • Prison • Sentencing

The State of Incarceration in California and Nationwide, 2200+ LA Foster Kids Not Seen by Social Workers Last Month…and More

October 29, 2013
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ANALYZING CORRECTIONS TRENDS TO MAINTAIN THE US PRISON POPULATION DECLINE A worthwhile editorial by...

CDCR • Charlie Beck • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • LWOP Kids • Mental Illness • Prison Policy

California Freeing Woman Who Killed Pimp at 16, Teen’s Death Points Back to Defeated Bill…and More

October 28, 2013
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SARA KRUZAN, WOMAN WHO WAS SENTENCED TO LWOP FOR KILLING HER PIMP AT 16, RELEASED ON PAROLE Late...

CDCR • Human Rights • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • Public Defender • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Supervisors Ever-Changing Jail Plans, Vallejo Schools’ Restorative Justice Comeback…and More

October 25, 2013
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LA TIMES POINTS TO LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS’ CHRONICALLY REACTIVE JAIL PLANS On Tuesday, LA...

American Voices • Gangs • Health Care • Homeboy Industries • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca • Women's Issues

A Breast Cancer Survivor “Pampers” Other Women….Veterans of the Gang World Tell Their Stories….and More on Tanaka Supporters’ Lawsuit

October 24, 2013
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BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR ORGANIZES “DAY OF PAMPERING” FOR OTHER WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH THE...

CDCR • Homeboy Industries • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LAUSD • Los Angeles Times • Mental Illness

LA Jail Deal with Kern County May Be Nixed, a New Women’s Facility, California Prison Pepper Spray Policy Update…and More

October 24, 2013
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CONTRACT TO MOVE LA COUNTY JAIL INMATES TO KERN COUNTY MAY BE VOIDED NEXT WEEK, AND A NEW...

2014 Election • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

LASD Union’s PAC Money & Paul Tanaka’s Long Game

October 23, 2013
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THE LONG GAME Does Sheriff’s Candidate Paul Tanaka Have a Plan in Play to Get LASD Union PAC...

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