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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
LA County Board of Supervisors • Probation

THE COMMUTER-IN-CHIEF: Do We Care That Probation Chief Jerry Powers Commutes 330-Miles on the County’s Dime?

May 23, 2013
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CBS 2 NEWS QUESTIONS PROBATION CHIEF ABOUT HIS TAXPAYER-FUNDED COMMUTER HABITS Probation Chief...

DCFS • Human Rights • Immigration & Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • Los Angeles Mayor

The Trouble with Turning Deportees into Criminals….an Upsetting Foster Care Probe….and Election Extras

May 23, 2013
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BIG ISSUES WITH ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS A new report from...

Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors • Los Angeles Mayor • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Election Night Memories & Morning Must Reads

May 22, 2013
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FIRST OF ALL: CONGRATULATIONS TO ERIC, MIKE AND RON!!! (AND TO WENDY, WE SEND OUR WARMTH AND...

Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County • Sheriff Lee Baca

HOUSE OF CARDS: Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Slams Sheriff Lee Baca, Round 2

May 21, 2013
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LASD Undersheriff Paul Tanaka was featured in a special KABC 7 News segment Monday night in which...

Board of Supervisors • Gangs • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County • Los Angeles Mayor

Elections….Zev Yaroslavsky on Mentally Ill Inmates…..Merrick Bobb, the LASD & Gangs….and More

May 21, 2013
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ELECTIONS: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE MAYOR: WLA hasn’t made an endorsement in...

Elections • Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Medical Marijuana • Prosecutors • Sheriff Lee Baca

Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Speaks Out Against Baca Again, This Time on KABC, Monday at 11PM

May 20, 2013
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KABC 7’s David Ono sat down with Undersheriff Paul Tanaka for a long on camera interview...

Child Sexual Abuse • Children and Adolescents • City Attorney • Jail • LA County Jail • LAPD • LASD • Prison • Prison Policy • Realignment • Youth at Risk

Trutanich Confronted by Warren Olney on WWLA….Youth Sexual Victimization in Prison & Jails….Twin Towers Has High Sex Assault Rate….and More

May 17, 2013
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WARREN OLNEY CONFRONTS CARMEN TRUTANICH WITH, YOU KNOW, FACTS REGARDING HIS REALIGNMENT CAMPAIGN...

Children and Adolescents • City Attorney • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Education • Homeboy Industries • LAUSD • Prison • Realignment • Uncategorized • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Gov. Brown Calls Out Trutanich on Realignment, LAUSD Bans Suspensions for “Willful Defiance”…and More

May 16, 2013
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TRUTANICH “MISLEADING VOTERS” ON REALIGNMENT, SAYS GOVERNOR With just a few days until...

District Attorney • Gangs • Immigration & Justice • Los Angeles Times • Unions

DSM 5 Worries Attorneys…..Deportation By Association…The New World of Bi-Partisan Sentencing Reform…..and More

May 15, 2013
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CHANGES IN THE OFFICIAL DEFINITION OF MENTAL DISABILITY WORRIES DEFENSE LAWYERS The newest revision...

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Innocence • Juvenile Justice • LGBTQ • Prison • Supreme Court • Uncategorized

Juvenile Solitary in CA, Gov. Brown’s Office Appeals Prison Pop. Order…and More

May 14, 2013
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ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF LOCKING KIDS UP IN SOLITARY While severe and overused in the adult justice...

Criminal Justice • Foster Care • Innocence • LAUSD • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Foster Mother’s Day, LAUSD Voting to Reign in School Discipline…and More

May 13, 2013
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FAMILIES AND ADVOCATES GATHER TO CELEBRATE FOSTER MOTHERS This past Sunday, the non-profit...

Crime and Punishment • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD

Board of Supes Will Interview LASD IG Candidates…. Lack of Opportunity for CA’s Working Poor….Thoughts on Michelle Knight….and More

May 10, 2013
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SUPES TO HAVE CLOSED SESSION TO REVIEW CANDIDATES FOR NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE LASD On...

Children and Adolescents • Gender • Guns • LGBTQ

LA Boy Scouts Group Says Allow Gay Leaders, Delaware Legalizes Gay Marriage, Equality for Trans Youth…and More

May 9, 2013
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WEST LA BOY SCOUT CHAPTER PUSHES ORGANIZATION TO WELCOME GAY YOUTH AND ADULTS The W. LA County...

Immigration & Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LAPD • Marijuana Laws • Race

The Faces Behind the USC Party Arrests…and More

May 8, 2013
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MORE ON THE ALLEGED LAPD RACIAL PROFILING AND THE KIDS WHO WERE CUFFED Tuesday night, there was an...

ACLU • Board of Supervisors • Civil Liberties • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LAPD • LASD • Prison • Prison Policy • Public Health • Sheriff Lee Baca

Supes Have Closed Door LASD Meeting …Valley Fever Flares in CA Prisons….Privacy Issues…And More

May 7, 2013
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LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS CANCEL TRAVEL TO HAVE CLOSED DOOR MEETING ABOUT LASD CONCERNS There was to...

Charlie Beck • Elections • LAPD • Los Angeles Mayor • Sheriff Lee Baca

The Collateral Cost of CA’s Big Cuts to Mental-Health, LASD and Civilian Oversight…and More

May 6, 2013
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EDITOR’S NOTE: After a few months hiatus, Taylor Walker is back posting at WLA. And...

Death Penalty • District Attorney • LA County Jail • LASD • Law Enforcement • Prison • Prison Policy

CA DAs’ Creepy Death Penalty Bill Rejected…Jail Deputy Allegedly Beat Informant…. CA Submits Additional Prison Pop Reduction Strategies

May 3, 2013
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CALIFORNIA PROSECUTORS WANT TO TRIM DEATH PENALTY APPEALS, GO BACK TO EXTREMELY PAINFUL FORM OF...

Education • School to Prison Pipeline • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

A New Bill Looks at California’s “Day Schools” & the School Push-Out Problem….LAT Editorial on Tanaka Interview…and More

May 2, 2013
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PUSHING KIDS OUT: THE DAY SCHOOLS VERSION There are so many ways for a kid to get lost in our...

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