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...
Cougar-Killing Head of Dept. of Fish and Game Replaced, State Parks Audit Accelerated…and More
HEAD OF DEPT. OF FISH AND GAME LOSES JOB AFTER KILLING COUGAR The Dept. of Fish and Game Commission...
Steinbeck’s Son Joined Effort to Halt Execution of Disabled Man, a New Report on the Last Decade of Juvenile Justice…and More
STEINBECK FAMILY INCENSED BY JUDGE’S REFERENCE TO OF MICE AND MEN DURING EXECUTION...
After a Year of Hearings, CA Lawmakers Issue Alarming Report on Status of Boys & Men of Color
After a year’s worth of packed regional hearings in Oakland, Los Angeles, Fresno and...
U.S. Defense Lawyers Come Down Hard in Favor of Pretrial Release
U.S. DEFENSE LAWYERS COME DOWN HARD IN FAVOR OF PRETRIAL RELEASE The National Association of...
SoCal Adoption Agency Takes Steps for LGBT Kids, NY’s Experimental Juvie Court Alternatives…and More
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOSTER FAMILY AND ADOPTION AGENCY RECRUITS RESOURCE FAMILIES FOR LGBT...
Sheriff’s Official Allegedly Undermined Probe of Deputy Misconduct…and is Still on the Job. Does He Have a Protector?
Sunday’s LA Times story by Robert Faturechi is a doozy. It involves a high level official...
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 4 – The Sheriff & his Undersheriff Finally Talk
For much of the LA Press, who were present in greater numbers at this particularly commission...
LASD MOTORCYCLE MADNESS: Consequences or Not – by Matthew Fleischer
LASD MOTORCYCLE MADNESS: Did Actions Have Consequences—or Not? by Matthew Fleischer It...
Wolf-dogs as Prison Guards, Goldman Sachs to Invest in NYC Jail Program, and New Foster Care Bill to Give Social Workers Access to Records
WOLF-DOGS PATROL LOUISIANA PRISON IN LIEU OF HUMAN GUARDS Amid hefty budget (and personnel) cuts...
LAPD Officers Investigated for Operating Youth Boot Camp, Are SF Juvenile Probation Camps Violating Exercise Rules…and More
(Skip ahead 48 seconds into video for boot camp footage.) LAPD OFFICERS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR...
CA’s Death Penalty Fights, SF AG on AZ Law…& Farewell to Gore Vidal
EDITOR’S NOTE: MORE ON THE JAILS COMMISSION TOMORROW, THURSDAY ARE BROWN & HARRIS...