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Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
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Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
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The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
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Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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District Attorney • Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Realignment • Reentry • Sheriff Lee Baca • Uncategorized

LA’s D.A. Steve Cooley and SF’s D.A. George Gascon Square Off About Realignment, 3- Strikes Reform, & the Death Penality

August 24, 2012
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Today, Friday, KQED together with the Center for Investigative Reporting wraps up their excellent...

Juvenile Justice • LAPD • LAPPL • LWOP Kids

The LAPD Union Reads WLA & Changes its Tune on SB9—At Least a Little

August 23, 2012
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No. The LAPPL leadership isn’t suddenly clasping SB 9—the Juvie LWOP reform...

Education • Jail • Juvenile Justice • LA County Jail • Probation • Realignment

Al Jazeera Reports on THE “School to Prison Pipeline,” & KQED Continues Its Realignment Series

August 23, 2012
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THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE—DOES IT EXIST? AND, IF SO, WHAT CAN BE DONE IT ABOUT IT? I...

Juvenile Justice • LAPD • LAPPL • LWOP Kids • Sentencing

LAPD Union Uses False Claims to Urge Brown Not to Sign the Juvie LWOP Bill

August 22, 2012
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On Tuesday evening the LAPPL—the LAPD’s Union—sent around a falsehood-ridden...

CDCR • Criminal Justice • LAPD • Realignment • Reentry

Skateboarding Youth Victim of Alleged LAPD Brutality, Mental Health and Realignment, and a Bill to Ban Hunting Bears and Bobcats with Hounds

August 22, 2012
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Education • Jail • Juvenile Justice • LA County Jail • Law Enforcement • LWOP Kids • Media • Realignment • Reentry • Sentencing

LA Gets a New Education Blog! It’s About $%@#%& Time!… KQED Does Realignment…& Juvie LWOP Bill Goes to Brown’s Desk….and More

August 21, 2012
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LA HAS A NEW, MUCH NEEDED EDUCATION BLOG There are few things of more consequence in this city and...

California Supreme Court • CDCR • Juvenile Justice • Realignment • Sentencing

LA Juvenile Probation Camp to Drop Well-known Sports Program, CA Supreme Court Rules Against Overlong Juvie Sentences, and More

August 20, 2012
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EDITOR’S NOTE: For decades, LA County’s juvenile probation camp system has...

Criminal Justice • Jail • Juvenile Justice • LWOP Kids • Realignment • Sentencing • Wolves

Juvie LWOP Bill Passes CA Assembly(!!!), SD Jails Ban Letters to Inmates, CA Realignment Update, and Wolves

August 17, 2012
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SANITY PREVAILS! JUVENILE LIFE-WITHOUT-PAROLE BILL SB 9 PASSES CA STATE ASSEMBLY EDITOR’S...

Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Race • Sentencing

SFPD Misreporting Minority Arrests, Former LA County DA Now Against Death Penalty…and More

August 16, 2012
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FORMER LA COUNTY DA EXPLAINS WHY THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED Former Los Angeles District...

Board of Supervisors • Business • CDCR • LA County Jail • Realignment • Supreme Court

Unexplored CA Prison Overcrowding Remedies, Potential LA Jails Inmate Shift, Appeals Court Approves Warrantless Cell Tracking…and More

August 15, 2012
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CA PRISON OVERCROWDING PROBLEM AND UNTESTED POTENTIAL REMEDIES Due to California’s slow...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Immigration & Justice • Women's Issues

DOJ Opposes CA Bar Admission for Undocumented Law Graduate, The Difference in Coverage of 2 American Tragedies….and Title IX in London

August 14, 2012
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There is a pile of Amicus Briefs filed in support of admission to the California state bar for...

Juvenile Justice • Prison Policy • Realignment • Supreme Court

Mississippi’s “School to Prison Pipeline,” Judges Tell CA “Drop Inmate #’s or Else!”…and More

August 13, 2012
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FEDS ACCUSE LAUDERDALE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI OFFICIALS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS AGAINST KIDS WHO...

California Budget • District Attorney • LAPD • LAPPL

Cougar-Killing Head of Dept. of Fish and Game Replaced, State Parks Audit Accelerated…and More

August 10, 2012
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HEAD OF DEPT. OF FISH AND GAME LOSES JOB AFTER KILLING COUGAR The Dept. of Fish and Game Commission...

Death Penalty • Free Speech • Juvenile Justice • Literature & Justice • Mental Health

Steinbeck’s Son Joined Effort to Halt Execution of Disabled Man, a New Report on the Last Decade of Juvenile Justice…and More

August 9, 2012
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STEINBECK FAMILY INCENSED BY JUDGE’S REFERENCE TO OF MICE AND MEN DURING EXECUTION...

Children and Adolescents • Education • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • Public Health • Race • Race & Class • Sentencing

After a Year of Hearings, CA Lawmakers Issue Alarming Report on Status of Boys & Men of Color

August 8, 2012
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After a year’s worth of packed regional hearings in Oakland, Los Angeles, Fresno and...

Jail • LA County Jail • Pretrial Detention/Release • Sheriff Lee Baca

U.S. Defense Lawyers Come Down Hard in Favor of Pretrial Release

August 8, 2012
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U.S. DEFENSE LAWYERS COME DOWN HARD IN FAVOR OF PRETRIAL RELEASE The National Association of...

Children and Adolescents • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Foster Care • Homelessness • Juvenile Justice • LGBTQ

SoCal Adoption Agency Takes Steps for LGBT Kids, NY’s Experimental Juvie Court Alternatives…and More

August 7, 2012
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOSTER FAMILY AND ADOPTION AGENCY RECRUITS RESOURCE FAMILIES FOR LGBT...

Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

Sheriff’s Official Allegedly Undermined Probe of Deputy Misconduct…and is Still on the Job. Does He Have a Protector?

August 5, 2012
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Sunday’s LA Times story by Robert Faturechi is a doozy. It involves a high level official...

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