LA SUPERVISORS DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF CAMP KILPATRICK’S SPORTS PROGRAM There are concerns that...
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 5 – Revisiting the Testimony of Undersheriff Paul Tanaka
Tanaka’s testimony may not have provided the commission members with the answers they hoped to...
The Push to Make PTSD a Qualifier for OR Medical Marijuana, the Dangers of Being a Confidential Informant in the War on Drugs…and More
VETERANS’ PTSD NOT YET A QUALIFIER FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE Right now, Oregon veterans...
Fed Subpoena May Pertain to Tanaka “Work the Gray” Incident, a Well-liked LAPD Deputy Chief Retires, & More on Solitary Confinement
ARE THE FEDS EXAMINING ONE OF THE UNDERSHERIFF’S INMFAMOUS “WORK THE GRAY”...
The Right Stuff: Neil Armstrong R.I.P. 1930 – 2012
He was shy, a geeky engineer type who had none of the charisma of, say, John Glenn, the all...
Why Won’t Lee Baca Release All the Records on LA’s Costly Participation in “Secure Communities?”
THE MYSTERY OF SHERIFF LEE BACA’S STUBBORN SECRECY AROUND LA’S COSTLY SECURE...
LA’s D.A. Steve Cooley and SF’s D.A. George Gascon Square Off About Realignment, 3- Strikes Reform, & the Death Penality
Today, Friday, KQED together with the Center for Investigative Reporting wraps up their excellent...
The LAPD Union Reads WLA & Changes its Tune on SB9—At Least a Little
No. The LAPPL leadership isn’t suddenly clasping SB 9—the Juvie LWOP reform...
Al Jazeera Reports on THE “School to Prison Pipeline,” & KQED Continues Its Realignment Series
THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE—DOES IT EXIST? AND, IF SO, WHAT CAN BE DONE IT ABOUT IT? I...
LAPD Union Uses False Claims to Urge Brown Not to Sign the Juvie LWOP Bill
On Tuesday evening the LAPPL—the LAPD’s Union—sent around a falsehood-ridden...
Skateboarding Youth Victim of Alleged LAPD Brutality, Mental Health and Realignment, and a Bill to Ban Hunting Bears and Bobcats with Hounds
LA Gets a New Education Blog! It’s About $%@#%& Time!… KQED Does Realignment…& Juvie LWOP Bill Goes to Brown’s Desk….and More
LA HAS A NEW, MUCH NEEDED EDUCATION BLOG There are few things of more consequence in this city and...
LA Juvenile Probation Camp to Drop Well-known Sports Program, CA Supreme Court Rules Against Overlong Juvie Sentences, and More
EDITOR’S NOTE: For decades, LA County’s juvenile probation camp system has...
Juvie LWOP Bill Passes CA Assembly(!!!), SD Jails Ban Letters to Inmates, CA Realignment Update, and Wolves
SANITY PREVAILS! JUVENILE LIFE-WITHOUT-PAROLE BILL SB 9 PASSES CA STATE ASSEMBLY EDITOR’S...
SFPD Misreporting Minority Arrests, Former LA County DA Now Against Death Penalty…and More
FORMER LA COUNTY DA EXPLAINS WHY THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED Former Los Angeles District...
Unexplored CA Prison Overcrowding Remedies, Potential LA Jails Inmate Shift, Appeals Court Approves Warrantless Cell Tracking…and More
CA PRISON OVERCROWDING PROBLEM AND UNTESTED POTENTIAL REMEDIES Due to California’s slow...
DOJ Opposes CA Bar Admission for Undocumented Law Graduate, The Difference in Coverage of 2 American Tragedies….and Title IX in London
There is a pile of Amicus Briefs filed in support of admission to the California state bar for...
Mississippi’s “School to Prison Pipeline,” Judges Tell CA “Drop Inmate #’s or Else!”…and More
FEDS ACCUSE LAUDERDALE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI OFFICIALS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS AGAINST KIDS WHO...