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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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ACLU • Courts • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

So Cal ACLU Files Big Federal Law Suit Against Sheriff’s Dept. for Jails Violence

January 19, 2012
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On Wednesday morning, The ACLU of Southern California filed a federal class action suit against...

Free Speech • Freedom of Information

STOP SOPA (and PIPA)

January 19, 2012
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While WitnessLA didn’t go dark on Wednesday for the SOPA blackout (too much jails stuff...

LA County Jail • LASD • The LA Justice Report

ACLU Report Coming Out Today, So Dangerous Jails Waits ’till Friday

January 18, 2012
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A big ACLU press conference on the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the LA County Jails...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD

Burrito Deputy’s Academy Problems the Tip o’ Iceberg According to 2007 Report

January 18, 2012
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Much has been made about the fact that L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Henry Marin, who is...

LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

Sheriff Baca Disses Prominent LASD Retiree, Bob Olmsted

January 18, 2012
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A few days ago, Sheriff Lee Baca gave an interview to the Finish-American publication based in Los...

LA County Jail • LASD • Parole Policy • Prison Policy • Realignment • Reentry • Sentencing • Uncategorized

The Push for Clemency for Former Radical Judy Clark….and Related Topics

January 17, 2012
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The cover story in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine is a profile of Judy Clark, one of a...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD

Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Accepting $20 Grand in Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Men’s Central Jail

January 13, 2012
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A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was charged today, Friday, with agreeing to accept...

Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

Dangerous Jails – Part 4 – Coming Early Next Week (Really.)

January 13, 2012
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{CLICK TO ENLARGE] Early next week we’ll post the much-promised next installment of Matt...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • FBI • Gangs

Arresting Alex Sanchez: Part 10 – Judge Manual Real is Removed

January 13, 2012
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On Wednesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made the surprising decision to remove ...

Crime and Punishment • Parole Policy • Prison • Prison Policy • Uncategorized

The Lifelong Price of a Felony Conviction—& the Cost to the Rest of Us

January 13, 2012
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For vast numbers of Americans who have been convicted of a felony, the punishment has no end...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • How Appealing • Innocence • Juvenile Justice • Must Reads • Sentencing

Bad Prosecutors, Bad Pardons, Bad Law…& More

January 12, 2012
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SCOTUS REVERSES MURDER 1995 CONVICTION OF NEW ORLEANS MAN—ANOTHER CASE OF BAD PROSECUTOR...

ACLU • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County • Sheriff Lee Baca • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Molina Lobs the G-Word at Baca, Accusations of Evidence Tampering & More LASD News

January 11, 2012
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To be exact, Supervisor Gloria Molina tossed two G-words in Sheriff Baca’s direction during...

American Voices • Civil Rights • LA City Council • LAPD • Law Enforcement • Literature & Justice • Los Angeles Writers • Writers and Writing

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Throws a Book Party for Connie Rice

January 10, 2012
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It wasn’t your usual book party. For one thing, Monday night’s book launching event...

Gangs • Must Reads • Prison Policy • Propositions • Sentencing

LA Rolls Out an Are-U-Ready-to Get-Out-of Gangs? Test….& other Must Reads

January 9, 2012
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This month LA’s Gang Reduction and Youth Development office (GRYD)—which runs the...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD

Should Jail Commission Let Deputies—Present & Former—Testify Secretly?

January 6, 2012
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There continues to be discussion about whether the LA County Supervisor appointed Citizens...

Wolves

Photo (we think) of OR7 AKA “Journey” First Wolf in Calif. Since 1924

January 6, 2012
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This week the saga continued of the 2-year-old male gray wolf who wondered across the state line...

Charter Schools • CTA • Education • How Appealing • Innocence

Teachers’ Union Attacks Lynwood Parent Group— Parents Fight Back

January 5, 2012
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This week there was yet another instance of a teachers union using disinformation and fear tactics...

City Controller • HACLA • How Appealing • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca • Supreme Court • The LA Justice Report

Welcome to 2012: Deeper HACLA Probes, MT Challenges Citizens United & More

January 4, 2012
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CITY CONTROLLER WENDY GREUEL GOES AFTER FREE-SPENDING HOUSING AUTHORITY’S HIDDEN NON-PROFIT...

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