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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
#Oversight

LASD Oversight Part 3: LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But he has a lot more to tell us re: The struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department,

December 17, 2025
Children and Adolescents • Prison • PTSD • Social Justice

Victims of Bullying More Likely to End Up In Criminal Justice System…Child Abuse in Army Families Up 40%…and “Orange is the New Black”

August 5, 2013
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VICTIMS—NOT JUST THE BULLIES—HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT LATER Victims...

CDCR • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Prison • Prison Policy • Supreme Court

SCOTUS Sez No to Jerry Brown’s Request to Delay Prisoner Release to Fix Overcrowding

August 2, 2013
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With no real comment, and with three justices dissenting, the U.S. Supreme Court refused the appeal...

CDCR • DCFS • Death Penalty • Foster Care • Innocence • LA County Board of Supervisors • Prison • Prosecutors

Unchecked Prosecutorial Misconduct, DCFS Blue Ribbon Commission Convenes, CA Prisons Chief Meeting with Hunger Strike Advocates

August 2, 2013
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FAULTY SYSTEM PROTECTS PROSECUTORS FROM ACCOUNTABILITY, AND LEAVES DEFENDANTS VULNERABLE TO...

Crime and Punishment • District Attorney • LASD • Law Enforcement • Sheriff Lee Baca

Reasons Why No DA Charges On Kavanaugh & His ‘Copter….What’s Up With a 2 1/2 Year Wait on the LASD Rape Case? …& Hermosa Beach Chief Chosen

August 1, 2013
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DA’S OFFICE EXPLAINS WHY THEY ARE NOT FILING CHARGES IN THE CASE OF THE RICH GUY’S...

DNA • Innocence • Prison • Sentencing

Exorbitant Prison Phone Calls, DNA and an Unjust Justice System, Sentencing Reform Saves $$…and More

August 1, 2013
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CRAZILY EXPENSIVE PHONE CALLS FROM INMATES TO THEIR FAMILIES AND MUCH-NEEDED REFORM In mid-July the...

Juvenile Justice • LASD • Prison

San Diego Juvenile Facilities’ Problematic Pepper Spray, LASD Deputy Charged with On-Duty Rape…and More

July 31, 2013
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FREQUENT PEPPER SPRAY USE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY JUVENILE LOCK-UP There were 414 incidents in which...

CDCR • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Prison • Prison Policy • Realignment • Supreme Court

TWO MANY WOMEN: the Hidden Overcrowding in California’s Prisons – by Matthew Fleischer

July 30, 2013
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TOO MANY WOMEN: Are California’s female inmates bearing the brunt of the state’s...

Board of Supervisors • Children and Adolescents • Foster Care

Youth Literacy Pilot Program in LA Probation Camps a Winner…Juvie Attorneys Drastically Underpaid, Justice Suffers….Foster Care Commission Meets

July 30, 2013
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NEW PILOT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE READING AND SELF ESTEEM IS HUGE HIT WITH KIDS LOCKED-UP IN PROBATION...

2014 Election • Elections • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

New Candidate for LA County Sheriff Soon to Jump into Race to Oppose Baca

July 29, 2013
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A new candidate is expected to be announcing his or her candidacy for the office of LA County...

Families • Prison • Prison Policy • Public Health

The Former “Desperado’s Wife” Confronts the Pain of Kids With Incarcerated Parents – by Amy Friedman

July 29, 2013
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THE FORMER “DESPERADO’S WIFE” NOW HELPS KIDS COPE WITH THE PAIN OF HAVING AN...

Civil Liberties • LASD • Prison • Prison Policy • Sheriff Lee Baca • Solitary

The Legal Brain Behind the Hunger Strike….Perpetual Solitary…. Right on Crime….& More

July 29, 2013
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PORTRAIT OF CONVICTED KILLER TOD ASHKER, LEGAL BRAIN BEHIND CALIFORNIA’S PRISON HUNGER STRIKE...

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • LASD • Prison • Public Defender • Sheriff Lee Baca • Solitary

Effects of Severe Cuts to Public Defender Services, Gov. Brown’s Prisons Predicament, Hunger Strike, and More Sheriff’s Luncheon

July 26, 2013
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BUDGET CUTS BEAR DOWN ON PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM With federal public defenders services threatened...

ACLU • Death Penalty • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • LASD • Prison • Sheriff Lee Baca • Solitary

Justice Kennedy and Prison Overcrowding, Solitary Confinement on Death Row, “Scared Straight”…and Bad LASD Luncheons

July 25, 2013
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ALL EYES ON JUSTICE KENNEDY FOR CALIFORNIA PRISON OVERCROWDING DECISION It’s up to US Supreme...

CDCR • Juvenile Justice • LASD • LGBTQ • Solitary

LASD Detective Lied in Court and Arrest Reports, Law to End Rape Behind Bars: Ten Years Later…and More

July 24, 2013
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LA SHERIFF’S DET. CAUGHT LYING ABOUT READING MIRANDA RIGHTS Footage from the reality show...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Law Enforcement • Sheriff Lee Baca

WLA ON WWLA? With Warren Olney, Tuesday Night, 7 pm, Re: Operation Pandora’s Box

July 23, 2013
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I did a quickie 10-ish minute segment on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? that airs Tuesday night...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Pandora's Box • Sheriff Lee Baca

OPERATION PANDORA’S BOX: Will Hiding a Federal Informant Result in Criminal Indictments for Members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department?

July 23, 2013
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PROLOGUE For 18 days in the summer of 2011, members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department...

CDCR • Charter Schools • Education • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Solitary • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

No, We should Not Boycott Florida….A School’s Bet on NonViolence ….NYTimes on CA’s Hunger Strike….

July 22, 2013
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WHY BOYCOTTING FLORIDA WON’T HELP The deeply painful issues that have arisen for so many...

CDCR • Civil Liberties • Death Penalty • Innocence • LASD • Prison • Prison Policy • Sheriff Lee Baca

Cheating on LASD Sergeant’s Exams….27 Death Penalty Cases Reviewed for Errors…Hunger Strike Leaders Further Isolated

July 19, 2013
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On Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Lee Baca sent out a department wide email indicating that a few...

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