The LA Times scored a victory in court for the First Amendment on Tuesday after ALADS—The...
Released California Three-strikers Have Low Recidivism Rate…States Cut Youth Commitment Rates…LA Supes Consider Support of Prison Pop. Deal…and the Homeboy 5K
LOW RECIDIVISM RATE AMONG THIRD-STRIKERS RELEASED UNDER PROP 36, SAYS REPORT Since the 2012 passage...
California Leaders Strike a Deal on Overcrowding Solutions, Bill for Youths with Adult Sentences Moves Forward, and the LA Times on Pre-trial Release
GOV. BROWN, SENATE, AND ASSEMBLY MAKE AGREEMENT ON PRISON POP. STRATEGIES Governor Jerry Brown and...
New Probe of Jails Could Result in Fed Consent Decree, 2 Sheriff’s Challengers say Bring it On
Late last week, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified LA County that...
After 59 Days, California’s Historic Prison Hunger Strike Has Officially Ended
The hunger strike that has taken place for nearly two months inside California’s state...
WitnessLA Taking a Break for the Rest of the Week
Due to a looming project that absolutely must be completed, we’re taking a break until...
Exoneration 12 Years After Evidence Revealed…California Assembly Panel Approves Brown’s $315M Prison Plan…Voters Support Reducing Prison Spending and Overcrowding…and More Missing Guns
TWO REPORTERS PUBLICLY PROVE INMATE’S INNOCENCE, MAN FREED OVER A DECADE LATER Daniel Taylor...
Much at Stake Over Gov. Brown & Sen. Steinberg’s Conflicting Plans to Lower Prison Pop.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we all know by now, the US Supreme Court and the panel of three federal judges...
The Robber v. the Judge’s Gut…. 2 LASD Deputies Camp & Draw Guns …..Gov. Jerry Offers “No Promise, No Hope”….Prison Hunger Strike: How Will It End?
BETTING WRONG ON AN ARMED ROBBER WHO CHOSE TO DO RIGHT In 1999 Judge Richard Kopf sentenced a young...
ACLU Asks Gov. Brown to Open Up Overcrowding Meetings, California Counties Taking Action Against Recidivism…and More
ACLU SAYS PRISON PLANNING MEETINGS SHOULD BE OPEN TO PUBLIC Quite a number of people are unhappy...
Crisis in LA Foster Care Placements……Jerry Brown’s For-Profit Prison Plan…. Another “Right on Crime” Surprise
KIDS TAKEN INTO FOSTER CARE OFTEN PUT IN OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOMS WHILE AWAITING PLACEMENT In an...
Rialto Police’s Success with Body Cameras, LASD Racial Profiling Allegations in Long Beach, , and The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die
RIALTO POLICE SHOW HOW EFFECTIVE BODY CAMS CAN BE The city of Rialto, CA has seen complaints...
Court Rules Police Are Protected As Whistleblowers….. Judge Awards $3 Million to Parents of Zac Champommier….WWED? What Would Elmore Do?….and More Sheriff Challenger Interviews
9TH CIRCUIT SAYS POLICE ARE PROTECTED AS WHISTLEBLOWERS BY 1ST AMENDMENT The decision on Wednesday...
California Locks Up Too Many Undocumented Kids…Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers…Holder’s Reforms Won’t Stop Racial Disparity…and Andrew Blankstein Leaving LA Times
EXCESSIVE DETENTION OF UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA According to a newly compiled fact sheet...
Judge Says Force-feeding Striking Inmates OK…..Does LA Really Need Another Gang Injunction?….Muppets Go To Prison…Sheriff’s Challengers Gear Up
CDCR OFFICIALS GET PERMISSION TO FORCE-FEED HUNGER STRIKING INMATES IF CONDITIONS BECOME...
Bill for Youths with Adult Sentences, Baca’s Rehabilitation Credit Bill, Couple Shot by LASD Awarded $4.1 Mil…and More
BILL WOULD GIVE MANY CALIFORNIA JUVENILES SENTENCED AS ADULTS FOR MURDER A SECOND CHANCE SB 260, a...
Baca, Tanaka, and Olmsted…Inmate Phone Rates Cut…Students & Leaders Champion School Discipline Bill, and the LA Police Commission’s New Faces
“PALACE BLOODBATH” TO COME? On Thursday morning former undersheriff Paul Tanaka...
Holder’s Reforms for California, Moving Female Inmates Far Away from Their Families, Hunger Strike, Prop 8, and the LASD’s Missing M-16
CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO TAKE CUES FROM AG ERIC HOLDER’S REFORMS In an Op-Ed for the Sacramento...