“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...
New Approach to Juvie Crime is Working in Red Hook….Should Taxpayers Pay the LASD’s Punitive Damages?…..Paul Tanaka Says Sheriff Baca Shut Down Narco Investigation…..Insane Justice ….and More
A HUMANE, COMMUNITY-ORIENTED APPROACH TO JUVIE & ADULT CRIME IS WORKING IN RED HOOK, SAYS NEW...
New LA Weekly Bob Olmsted Profile…LA’s Foster Care-Involved Teen Moms Passing on Abuse…Shocking LWOP Sentences…and SCOTUS Looks at Warrantless Search Case
ON SHERIFF-CHALLENGER BOB OLMSTED AND THE SHERIFF SHOWDOWN LA Weekly’s Gene Maddaus, one of...
Sheriff Baca’s Well-Paid Civilian Aide Relieved of Duty After ABC-7 Probe
For nearly 14 years, Bishop Edward Turner has functioned as one of Sheriff Lee Baca’s top...
A Mind Shattered by Solitary, A California Problem School Overhauled, and the Death Penalty’s Core Defect
LIFE WASTED BY JUSTICE MISCARRIED AND PROLONGED ISOLATION The Atlantic’s Andrew Cohen has a...
$210K in Punitive Damages Brings Total for Jails Case to nearly $1 Million …Plus Brain Scans in Court….and Cops & Seatbelts
At around 4:30 on Thursday, the seven-person federal jury brought back another $210,000 in damages...
Much Awaited Stanford Study Recommends 4 Important Realignment Fixes
NEW STANFORD STUDY HAS 4 RECOMMENDED FIXES FOR REALIGNMENT The passage of California’s Public...
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
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AS TOLD BY WILL SMITH, FERRIS BUELLER, ZACK MORRIS On Monday, the Advancement...
LA County Losing Track of Parolees…..The Woeful State of Juvenile Defense… An Innocent Man…..Paying for LASD’s Problems
LA COUNTY PROBATION LOSES TRACK OF MORE AB 109 PAROLEES THAN OTHER CA COUNTIES –...
Fed Jury Awards $740,000 in Damages for County Jail Brutality Case…With More Damages to Come
On Thursday afternoon, a 7-person federal jury awarded a total of $740,000 in what are called ...
Critical Juvenile Justice System Needs, Senate Committee Hearing on Prisons, March Against Child Sex Trafficking, and Gay Marriage in Illinois
(Jump down to the second section for the story on the above photo.) COMPONENTS OF A COMPETENT...
9th Circuit Slams OC DA’s Unconstitutional Use of Gang Injunction….& La Opinion Nixes New Term for Baca
9TH CIRCUIT RULES THAT OC DA RACKAUCKAS VIOLATES DUE PROCESS WITH HIS 2009 BAIT AND SWITCH GANG...
MINING THE “UNTAPPED POTENTIAL” OF CALIFORNIA’S FOSTER CARE KIDS
MINING THE “UNTAPPED POTENTIAL” OF CALIFORNIA’S FOSTER CARE KIDS Some dynamic programs help...