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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
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Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
Health Care • How Appealing • Supreme Court

ENTIRE HEALTH CARE LAW UPHELD, ROBERTS JOINS LIBERAL MAJORITY

June 28, 2012
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AMAZING. In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld the entire Affordable Health Care Act, with...

Health Care • How Appealing • Obama • Supreme Court

It’s all about the Supremes….and Healthcare

June 28, 2012
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FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED On Thursday at 10 a.m. eastern time, the Supreme Court will announce its...

Criminal Justice • Literature & Justice • LWOP Kids • Public Defender • Writers and Writing

Mosley Comes Back to LA, WA State’s Public Defender Crisis & George Will on Juvie LWOP

June 27, 2012
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PATT MORRISON TALKS TO NOVELIST WALTER MOSLEY ABOUT A SORTA RETURN TO LA AND ABOUT THE REAPPEARANCE...

American Artists • American Voices • Life and Life Only • Women's Issues • Writers and Writing

RIP Nora Ephron….and A Few Words About Breasts

June 26, 2012
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NORA EPHRON AND THE MATTER OF BREASTS….WRITING….AND LIFE Nora Ephron was a gifted...

Juvenile Justice • LWOP Kids • Supreme Court

Monday’s Supreme Court Decision on Juvenile LWOP: What Does It Mean?

June 26, 2012
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In addition to the Supreme Court’s decision on the various provisions of Arizona’s...

Free Speech • Immigration & Justice • Law Enforcement • National Issues • Supreme Court

SCOTUS Rules on AZ Immigration and Citizens United…and More

June 26, 2012
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SCOTUS STRIKES DOWN MOST OF ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW The Supreme Court decided Monday in a 5-3...

Media • Writers and Writing

WitnessLA Walks Away With One of Top Prizes at LA Press Club Awards

June 25, 2012
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Witness LA took home a top prize in one category, a second place in another, and was a finalist in...

ACLU • Human Rights • Immigration & Justice • LGBTQ • Prison Policy • Supreme Court

Federal Prison Guards to be Armed with Pepper Spray, SCOTUS to Rule on Illegal Immigration…and More

June 25, 2012
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FED. PRISONS TO BEGIN ARMING GUARDS WITH PEPPER SPRAY The Federal Bureau of Prisons has made the...

Veterans • War • Women's Issues

The Invisible War: Rape in the Military – by Matthew Fleischer

June 22, 2012
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THE INVISIBLE WAR: RAPE IN THE MILITARY A San Diego Navy vet speaks out in a deeply important and...

ACLU • American Artists • Crime and Punishment • Realignment • Reentry

Realignment Dangers, LA Taggers Reach Settlement…and More

June 22, 2012
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LOS ANGELES TAGGERS REACH AGREEMENT IN MONUMENTAL VANDALISM CASE The City Attorney’s office...

Homelessness • Veterans

FED GRANTS HELP VETS BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN WAR & WORK by Matthew Fleischer

June 21, 2012
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HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAM HELPS VETS STRUGGLING TO TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE &...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Law Enforcement • Psychology

Solitary Confinement on Capitol Hill, Death Row Letter…and More

June 20, 2012
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SENATORS GET TO EXPERIENCE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT LIVING CONDITIONS ON CAPITOL HILL Capitol Hill saw...

California Supreme Court • Crime and Punishment • Juvenile Justice • LWOP Kids • Probation • Reentry • Sentencing

SCOTUS DNA Ruling, Clean Slate Day for Probationers, and More on the Life and Death of Rodney King

June 19, 2012
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SCOTUS UPHOLDS CONVICTION OF MAN QUESTIONING DNA RELIABILITY The Supreme Court ruled Monday that...

Civil Liberties • Free Speech • Freedom of Information • Homeboy Industries • LAPD • Los Angeles History • Prison • Prison Policy

R.I.P. Rodney King, the G-Dog Movie, Gov. Christie’s Rich Halfway House Pals & More

June 17, 2012
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RODNEY KING: 1965 – 2012 He wasn’t a very strong person, and maybe not even a...

American Artists • American Voices • Criminal Justice • Homeboy Industries • Prison

Three Great (Social Justice-y) Things to Do for Father’s Day Weekend

June 15, 2012
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GO TO SEE THE U.S. PREMIER OF THE G-DOG MOVIE G-Dog, the wonderful new documentary film about...

CDCR • Courts • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Innocence • Sentencing

Prosecutors Block Death Penalty Reform, Neighborhood Watch Groups Turning Vigilante…and More

June 15, 2012
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PROSECUTORS STILL SEEK DEATH PENALTY WHILE CALIFORNIA SAFE ACT WAITS ON NOV. BALLOT California...

ACLU • CDCR • Courts • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • DNA • Prison Policy

Elderly Prisoners Cost States Double, Evidence Lost in Murder Case…and More

June 14, 2012
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HOUSING AGING PRISONERS COSTS TWICE AS MUCH, SAYS REPORT A newly released ACLU report says that the...

California Budget • Children and Adolescents • Criminal Justice • Education • Foster Care • Sentencing

Three-Strikes Initiative, CA Budget Cuts Policies for Vulnerable Youth, and Famous LA Public Defender Dies at 90

June 13, 2012
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THREE STRIKES REFORM INITIATIVE TO BE ON NOV. BALLOT The CA Three-Strikes Reform Initiative...

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