REFORMING JUVENILE DETENTION Georgia’s Judge Steven Teske explains how he came to see that...
UTLA Blocks LAUSD’s Hopes for Race to the Top $$…The Advantages of NOT Locking Up Kids…AND Brain Surgery & the Storm (One Sandy Story)
WANT FEDERAL $$$ FOR LA SCHOOLS? TOUGH, SAYS THE LA TEACHER’S UNION The Los Angeles Unified...
Once Lifer Mario Rocha Celebrates Anniversary of Freedom, FBI Stats on Weed Arrests & Funding for Smart Research on Realignment
EDITOR’S NOTE: While we keep an eye on the safety and well being of our family and friends...
Head of CA Prisons, Matt Cate, Leaving. Choice of Replacement Critical
CDCR Director, Matthew Cate, is leaving his position as head of the California’s prison...
Willingham Family Wants Posthumous Pardon, Gov. Brown and Madeleine Brand Talk Prop 30, and Underground Education
FAMILY OF EXECUTED MAN SEEKS PARDON EIGHT YEARS LATER We are just over a week away from voting on...
DOJ Blinks, Gives County’s Juvie Probation Camps a New 2014 Deadline for Reforms & No Consent Decree—Despite Discouraging Lack of Progress
LA COUNTY PROBATION CAMPS FAIL (AGAIN) TO MAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS, DOJ DOES ZIP TO HOLD...
LA Times Questions Baca’s Immigrant Jailing Policy….The Un-Tapped 10 Percent of Voters (Felons)…& When Bad Science Produces Bad Evidence
LA TIMES SAYS BACA OWES US A BETTER EXPLANATION ABOUT HIS JAILING OF IMMIGRANTS Thursday’s LA...
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, LAPD Chief’s Immigrant Strategies, Banning Puppy Mills, and More
HELPING GIRLS ENTANGLED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM A new report from the Georgetown Center on...
Does Prop 34, the Death Penalty Initiative, Have a Chance of Passing?
LET’S HEAR FROM THE POLLS According to the latest CA initiative poll, 42.9% are in favor of...
Economics and Kids’ Brains, Pretrial Successes, and Overpaid Prison Doctors
KIDS’ BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENT Socioeconomic status plays a role in the...
CLARIFICATION Re: Those LASD Donations & the Promotions Lists
CLEARING UP THE CONFUSION ABOUT THE LASD DONATIONS & the PROMOTIONS LISTS When we originally...
The Sheriff Back-Pedals, FBI Has to Pay Up on FOIA Screw up…& Voter Fraud
BACA SAYS THAT THE JAILS COMMISSIONS RECS ARE FINE, BUT THE HARSH FINDINGS BEHIND...
Iran Hostage Reports on Solitary in CA Prisons, 2nd Circuit Sez DOMA Unconstitutional…& More
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IRANIAN PRISON CELL & THE PELICAN BAY SHU? WINDOWS. The December 2012...
The Accuracy of Drug-Sniffing Dogs and the Issue of Probable Cause, Why Criminal Justice is Missing from the Presidential Campaigns, and LA City Council Says “Yes” to Immigrant I.D.s
SCOTUS TO TAKE A LOOK AT DRUG-DETECTING DOGS VS. FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS The US Supreme Court will...
The LA Supes and the Sheriff Square Off on How Jail Commission’s 63 Recommendations will be Implemented
With Taylor Walker LA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SHERIFF BACA’S TUG-OF-WAR OVER...
Why AB 2242 Would Have Counteracted Zero Tolerance Discipline, LA Libraries Reclaim Hours Lost to Budget Cuts…and More
AB 2242 AND THE BATTLE AGAINST ZERO TOLERANCE Assembly member Roger Dickinson authored AB 2242 to...
Public Records Act at Risk, Anti-Bullying Program Slammed as Gay Plot, Juvie LWOP from 2 POVs
A CALIF JUDGE’S DECISION THREATENS THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT The LA Times’ Jim Newton has...
The Damage Inflicted by Putting Kids in Isolation, SD’s Juvenile Justice Issues Deserve Candidates’ Attention…and More
DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ON TEENS AND THE NEED FOR A DIFFERENT APPROACH A new...