THE ISSUE OF LOCKING AWAY MENTALLY ILL IN LA COUNTY JAILS LA Times’ Steve Lopez paid a visit...
LA Supes Consider Jail Project, Disciplined Kern County Students Face Meager Education Alternatives…and More
LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS TAKE STEPS TOWARD NEW JAIL FACILITIES The LA County Board of Supervisors...
MORE POST TRIAL NEWS: Violence at an LA Prayer Vigil……”What Do I Tell My Boys Now?”….Zimmerman Juror’s Speedy Book Agent Deal……..and more
PLANNED LEIMERT PARK COMMUNITY RALLY DISRUPTED BY VIOLENCE, RALLIERS DISMAYED A well-organized...
Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman—and the Interweave of Fear, Heartbreak and Injustice that Haunts the Verdict’s Aftermath
Since the not guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman was announced just a few minutes...
A Closer Look at the CA Prisoner Hunger Strike, Deeper Juvie Justice Budget Cuts?, and a Heart-wrenching Essay
A BREAKDOWN OF THE HUNGER STRIKE AND ISOLATION BY A MAN WHO HAS ENDURED IT After the 2011 prisoner...
State Lawmakers Want Probe of Prison Sterilization… CDCR Threatens Prison Hunger Strikers…Bloomberg Op Ed Compares Jerry Brown to George Wallace
STATE LAWMAKERS UNHAPPY AT NEWS OF PRISON STERILIZATIONS On Thursday, state lawmakers got...
As Probation Arms More Officers, Are They Getting the Right Training? by Matthew Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: Under AB 109—AKA realignment—thousands of low-level offenders who...
Hunger Strike, Blue Ribbon Commission Nominees, and Gov. Brown Asks Justice Kennedy to Delay Court Order
CA PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE REACHES THIRD DAY The number of California prisoners refusing meals in...
Prisoner Hunger Strike Continues, Roundtable Discussion on Solitary Confinement…and More
SECOND DAY OF CA PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE Tuesday was the second day of the prisoner hunger strike to...
The Mysteriously Expanding Jail Construction Plan—$1.5 Billion and Counting
Alright, so when we last discussed the topic of jail building back in March of this year, LA County...
Prisoner Hunger Strike Begins, CA Prisons Sterilized Women without State Approval…and More
THE CA PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE COMMENCES Monday was the first day of a 30,000 CA prisoner hunger...
The Frightened Kid Who Writes Poetry & the Shooter….New CA Prison Hunger Strike Begins …& Crime As a Political Football
A few years ago, a veteran homicide detective from the Los Angeles Police Department talked to me...
Happy Independence Day!
The Boss at Fenway Park on August 15, 2012, singing with with Ken Casey of the glorious American...
Incarcerated Boys Sexually Abused by Female Officers, LA Police Commission Calls Out LAPD on Audit Findings…and More
WIDESPREAD ABUSE BY FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS OF MALE TEENS IN CUSTODY A recent Department of...
DOJ Says LASD Routinely Violated Civil Rights in Lancaster & Palmdale, Now Wants County to Pay Residents $12.5 Million…So Where Was Department Leadership?
It seems like we’ve seen this movie before: Sheriff Lee Baca, once again, ”...
HBO Documentary on Public Defenders, the Case for Split Sentencing, and Juvie LWOP
“GIDEON’S ARMY”—THE PLIGHT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER On Monday, HBO aired a...
DEVASTATING: 19 Firefighters Killed Sunday Night in AZ Wildfire…and Other News
As many of you may have heard by now, 19 firefighters were killed Sunday night battling an...
LAPD Chief Beck’s Alesia Thomas Report, USC Six Will Not Be Charged, and Foster Care Letters
CHIEF BECK: OFFICER MISCONDUCT IN ALESIA THOMAS ARREST LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, in a report to the...