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...
3 JAIL & PRISON CASES: Court Judgment Against Lee Baca—Personally…..28 LASD Officials Accused of Jail Abuse…& Sad, Bad Treatment of CA’s Imprisoned Mentally Ill
DID SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES BRUTALLY BEAT AN INMATE FOR NO REASON? AND, IF SO, SHOULD LEE BACA BE...
California Endowment Wants to “Change the Narrative” for Sons and Brothers – by Matthew Fleischer
SONS AND BROTHERS Out of every 100 Black Boys, 33 Will Go To Prison, the California “Sons...
A Good Cop Coerces a False Confession…LASD Lt. Arrested in Prostitution Sweep…and More
A GOOD COP AND A BAD CONFESSION This week This American Life with Ira Glass focuses on the issue of...
Community Alternatives Give Troubled Violinist Second Chance…Problematic Youth Curfews…and More Bills
MENTALLY ILL VIOLINIST SAVED BY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT Kim Knoble, a gifted violinist with a...
Advocates Oppose LA’s Newest Jail Contract…New CA Foster Youth Education Data…90% of Pasadena Juvenile Arrests are Minorities…and Gov. Brown on Criminal Justice Bills
LA COUNTY RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES STILL FIGHTING TAFT JAIL CONTRACT Last month, the LA County Board...
Calif. Wellness 2013 Peace Prize Winners….& A 2008 Case of LA Jail Ultra-Violence Goes to Trial
CALIFORNIA WELLNESS PEACE PRIZE WINNERS TALK ABOUT TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE Every year the California...
Hearing on Isolation in California Prisons, California Inmates Medi-Cal Enrollment, Foster Care Reform Package…and More
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATORS HEAR TESTIMONY ON SOLITARY CONFINEMENT In a meeting between the California...
Tanaka Supporters to Sue LA County Sheriff’s Department for Retaliation
In the past, attorney Bradley Gage has successfully sued the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department...
Santa Barbara Gangster Turned Philosophy Professor….Long Beach Schools Reject Zero Tolerance…& More on the Special Counsel’s Report
GANG MEMBER….SURFER…PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR: THE EVOLUTION OF MANNY RAYA Santa...
Disparate LASD Canine Bites of Minorities, the Political Impact of Mass Incarceration, and More
MERRICK BOBB’S NEWEST REPORT ON THE LASD LOOKS AT PROBLEMS WITHIN THE CANINE PROGRAM Civilian...
Over-incarceration of the Mentally Ill, Avoiding Officer-Involved Deaths of the Intellectually Disabled, and Brown Signs the Trust Act
MORE TREATMENT, LESS INCARCERATION FOR LA COUNTY’S MENTALLY ILL EDITOR’S NOTE: As...
Oakland Advocacy Center’s New Future, LA County & the Death Row 2%, and California Media Shield Bill Signed
AN OAKLAND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER’S CHEERING NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Had his life played out a...