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...
New York & Newark Intend to “Think Outside the Cell,” LA…Not So Much
Stephen Handelman, Executive Editor of The Crime Report, reports on a new program launched in NY...
Troy Davis: 36 Hours Later….and More
THOUGHTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS The execution of Troy Davis was deeply...
Fullerton Officers Criminally Charged in Kelly Thomas Case
TWO FULLERTON POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED, ONE WITH MURDER, IN DEATH OF KELLY THOMAS This is from the...
Troy Davis UPDATES: Troy Anthony Davis Pronounced Dead at 11:08 p.m.
7:05 pm Eastern time US SUPREME COURT DELAYS EXECUTION IN ORDER TO CONSIDER A STAY Twitter had it...
Matt Fleischer on KPFK Uprising Talking About DANGEROUS JAILS
WitnessLA’s Matthew Fleischer was on Sonali Kolhatkar‘s Uprising Radio show on KPFK this...
Supervisors Approve New County Jail Phone Contract. Are We Happy?
On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to accept a new contract with Public...
Georgia Parole Board Denies Clemency for Troy Davis – UPDATE
To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice. – Desmond Tutu The path for...
Crime Continues to Decline as Does Victimizaton…and More
FBI RELEASES 2010 CRIME STATS SHOWING CRIME NUMBERS KEEP FALLING Despite a still lousy economy, FBI...
Why We Must Not Execute Troy Anthony Davis
Late on an August night in 1989, an off-duty Savannah police officer named Mark Allen MacPhail...
Rise in Assaults on LAPD Officers…Life WITH Parole in CA…New LASD Trouble
The LAPD Union’s blog asks why the disturbing rise in attacks on police...