Sheriff Lee Baca made news during the Tuesday taping of the KCRW show Which Way LA? with Warren...
Re: the Jails Mess, Baca Says He’d Welcome a Civilian Commission, So Where are the Supes?
On Tuesday morning, both the LA Times editorial board and WitnessLA called for the LA County...
Baca Appoints Tanaka to Head Up Task Force, Jails Probe Needs a Christopher Commission…& More
SHERIFF BACA APPOINTS PAUL TANAKA TO HEAD UP SPECIAL JAIL INVESTIGATIONS TASK FORCE We all...
2 Big Reasons Why the Calls for Sheriff Lee Baca to Resign are Dead Wrong
In a blogpost that appeared on the LA Times website in the late morning this past Friday, columnist...
A Former Deputy Tells Another Jail Abuse Story, A View of Realignment, More Probation Chief Blevins’ Exit
In the last few weeks, the LA Times’ Robert Faturechi has been doing some fine and very...
“One More Thing,” Steve Jobs: R.I.P
My 25-year-old techie son said it well: It hits you hard when a genius dies. Yep. Like many...
Don Blevins Reportedly Will “Resign” From Probation, Avoiding a Firing Vote
Soon to be ankling Probation Chief Don Blevins is back from vacation looking very tanned and...
Punishing Our Future: The Downside of School Discipline
This week is the National Week of Action on the issue of school discipline. Studies have found that...
SCOTUS Hears Death Penalty Case of Missed Deadlines…MT Challenges Pot & Guns Law
This death penalty case about returned mail and multiple oversights on the part of lackadaisical...
Supes Interview New Candidate for Probation Chief…Prison Hunger Strike, Part II…and More
Last week WitnessLA reported (based on the word of multiple inside sources) that Probation Chief...
Monday Must Reads: Jails, SCOTUS and Prohibition….and More
SHERIFF BACA HOLDS “TOWN HALL-STYLE MEETING INSIDE MEN’S CENTRAL JAIL It is welcome...
26 Criminal Justice & Civil Rights Leaders Call for Fed Probe Into Jail Abuse
THE LETTER On Thursday afternoon, the ACLU released a letter signed by 26 criminal justice, civil...
ACLU Witnesses Detail Shocking Abuse in LA Jails—& Baca Dismisses It All
“I have never seen anything that approaches the patterns of violence, misfeasance and...
The ACLU Releases a Disturbing New Jails Report …and the News is Bad
Tuesday morning, the Southern California ACLU released a new and deeply disturbing report...
Knabe Redistricting Plan Accepted, Lawsuits Probable, Secret Plan in Play – UPDATED
An 11th hour deal was struck in the LA County redistricting battle on Tuesday afternoon after a...
Probation Chief Donald Blevins Learns He’s History on Eve of “Realignment”
LA County Probation Chief Donald Blevins is out—according to multiple sources inside and...
Country Redistricting….Jails, FBI & Cell Phones…and the State Parolee Handover
RESHAPING LA COUNTY’S DISTRICTS – WHO WILL WIN THE POLITICAL BATTLE? The final hearing...
In FBI Probe Into LA Jails Abuse, Feds Slip Inmate Cell Phone to Report
In a well-reported story in Sunday’s LA Times Robert Faturechi writes that the FBI is...