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
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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...
AB 109 Recap + the Women of Realignment, SCOTUS Rejects Suit Against San Diego Officer…and More
CALIFORNIA REALIGNMENT REVIEW AND THE PLIGHT OF AB 109’S WOMEN If you need to brush up on the...
Hiding the Real Cost of Lawsuits Against the LA County Sheriff’s Department…..Sentencing 101…..& Do We Need a Permanent LASD Citizen’s Commission?
WHY WON’T LA COUNTY DISCLOSE THE REAL $$ COST OF DEFENDING THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT...
Prison Health Care Costs Skyrocket, ACLU Director Slams Baca, New Death Penalty Survey…and More
STUDY SHOWS HUGE JUMP IN STATES’ PRISON HEALTH CARE COSTS In 44 states, prison health care...
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
PSYCHOLOGISTS ARGUE ABOUT LOCK-UP LOCATION FOR 13-YEAR OLD WHO, AT TEN, SHOT HIS NEO-NAZI...
New OIR Jail Abuse Report Finds Many Excessive Force Allegations “Unresolved”….and Unresolvable
A new report released Monday night by the Office of Independent Review looks at a pile of...
The State of Incarceration in California and Nationwide, 2200+ LA Foster Kids Not Seen by Social Workers Last Month…and More
ANALYZING CORRECTIONS TRENDS TO MAINTAIN THE US PRISON POPULATION DECLINE A worthwhile editorial by...
California Freeing Woman Who Killed Pimp at 16, Teen’s Death Points Back to Defeated Bill…and More
SARA KRUZAN, WOMAN WHO WAS SENTENCED TO LWOP FOR KILLING HER PIMP AT 16, RELEASED ON PAROLE Late...
Supervisors Ever-Changing Jail Plans, Vallejo Schools’ Restorative Justice Comeback…and More
LA TIMES POINTS TO LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS’ CHRONICALLY REACTIVE JAIL PLANS On Tuesday, LA...
A Breast Cancer Survivor “Pampers” Other Women….Veterans of the Gang World Tell Their Stories….and More on Tanaka Supporters’ Lawsuit
BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR ORGANIZES “DAY OF PAMPERING” FOR OTHER WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH THE...
LA Jail Deal with Kern County May Be Nixed, a New Women’s Facility, California Prison Pepper Spray Policy Update…and More
CONTRACT TO MOVE LA COUNTY JAIL INMATES TO KERN COUNTY MAY BE VOIDED NEXT WEEK, AND A NEW...
LASD Union’s PAC Money & Paul Tanaka’s Long Game
THE LONG GAME Does Sheriff’s Candidate Paul Tanaka Have a Plan in Play to Get LASD Union PAC...
Fed Judges Extend Brown’s Prison Pop Deadline—Again… Police Chiefs Want National Crime & Justice Commission….& Jerry’s Bad Veto
On Monday a panel of federal judges, in a surprising and heartening move, gave the Brown...
U.N. Investigator Wants to Examine California Prisons…Domestic Violence Services Victim to Gov. Shutdown…New Study on Low-income Students…and More
(VIDEO: Piper Kerman, whose memoir inspired the Netflix original series “Orange is the New...