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...
Tattoo Removal for Former Prostitutes, Two-Thirds Louisiana Prison Doctors Have Disciplinary Records, and Ralph Nader Wants Prez Candidates to Address Prison Issues
NEW CA BILL WOULD EXTEND TATTOO REMOVAL SERVICES TO FORMER SEX WORKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN...
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 3 – The Commander
Straight-backed and going gray with a closely clipped beard, when former LASD commander Bob Olmsted...
The Sheriff and the Undersheriff Will Testify Today at the Jails Commission
Today, Friday, Sheriff Lee Baca and Undersheriff Paul Tanaka are scheduled to testify before the...
Effects of Transferring Prisoners Out-of-State, What’s Next for Juvie LWOP-ers…and More
OUT-OF-STATE TRANSFERS OF PRISONERS POSE MORE PROBLEMS THAN SOLUTIONS, SAYS REPORT The Center on...
A Brighter Perspective on Realignment, 69 Parolees Arrested Under Operation Guardian, CDCR’s Open Forum on Rehabilitation…and More
PREVIOUS REALIGNMENT DOUR REPORTS WERE OVERSTATED According to a new report from the Chief...
Protests Continue In Anaheim Over Police Killings, LA City Council Goes Med Weed Crazy….and Considering Insanity Pleas
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: The U.S. Attorney’s office has agreed to review the weekend shootings...
Springsteen at 15,000 Words & Dave Eggers’ Global Parable
THE BOSS @ 15,000 As a respite from the hard news of the day, two stories about artists—one...