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...
Released After 40 Years in Solitary, Tanaka’s Denials, Baca’s Pitchman Fiasco, and Gov. Brown’s Bill-Signing
JUDGE ORDERS RELEASE OF DYING PRISONER AFTER DECADES IN ISOLATION The Atlantic’s Andrew Cohen...
More on CA Prison Overcrowding…Beginning of Fed. Hearings on CA Mentally Ill Prisoner Abuse Claims…LA County Could Get More Out of Realignment…and Olmsted on Baca’s Endorsement
GOV BROWN’S CONTINUED FIGHT AGAINST PRISON OVERCROWDING RULINGS Last week, federal judges...
Central CA School Replaces Zero-Tolerance With Restorative Justice…VA Group Aids Homeless Female Vets…Baca & Yor Health…and More
LE GRAND HIGH SCHOOL’S “RESTORATIVE JUSTICE LEAGUE” ANNIHILATES ZERO-TOLERANCE...
Letters From Orange by Matthew Fleischer
WLA’s Matt Fischer continues to report on conditions for women in California’s prisons...
ABC 7 to Report Sheriff Baca Acts as Pitchman for Health Supplement Company….and More
According to an upcoming report on ABC 7 (appearing Monday at 11 pm) Sheriff Lee Baca has been...
Changing the Way We Deal with Sex-Trafficked Kids, Repairing the Juvenile Justice System, and For-Profit Probation
BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MISGUIDED HABIT OF CRIMINALIZING YOUNG SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS A notable new...