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#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
Community & Justice • Community Health • Community Health & Safety • Juvenile Justice • Juvenile Probation

A Blueprint for Reimagining Alameda County’s Youth Justice System to Prioritize Healing Over Incarceration

October 26, 2020
4 Comments

With an overall juvenile justice budget of $156 million, Alameda County spends approximately...

Alex Villanueva

On Nov. 10, LA County Supervisors Will Consider Finding How to Remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva From Office

October 25, 2020
89 Comments

It's finally come to this. Two LA County Supervisors have authored a motion that aims to find out...

COVID-19 & Justice • Dangerous Prisons

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE: CA Appeals Court Orders 50 Percent Reduction of San Quentin’s Population, While COVID Numbers Creep Up Again at Other State Prisons With Little Notice

October 23, 2020
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"We spoke to a number of incarcerated people who were over the age of 60 and had a matter of weeks...

Juvenile Justice • Prison

Gladiator School: Memories From the Terrible Past of California’s Youth Prisons

October 21, 2020
61 Comments

“They called YTS a gladiator school because you are going to learn and harden yourself into...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Prosecutors & Reform

Op-Ed: Local prosecutors are now the last defense against voter suppression and Election Day chaos

October 19, 2020
29 Comments

The 2020 presidential election is the first in nearly 40 years without court protection for voters.

Bill Watch

Prop 20’s Justice Reform Changes Would Send Disproportionate Numbers of Californians of Color into Lockup, Says Report

October 18, 2020
7 Comments

Proposition 20’s rollback of portions of recent criminal justice reform laws would have a...

Care First Jails Last

LA County Sheriff Says Jails First, Parks Last, But LA Supervisors Decline to Be “Held Hostage”

October 16, 2020
128 Comments

“Remember, these are public lands we’re talking about, no matter what else you call them...

Immigration & Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD

LA County Supes Approve $14 Million Settlement Over Immigration Holds

October 15, 2020
21 Comments

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors finalized a $14 million settlement in a...

Immigration & Justice • Prison • Prison and Families • Prison Policy • prison reform

State Continues to Hand Soon-to-Be-Released Prisoners Over to Immigration Agents During Pandemic

October 13, 2020
5 Comments

In recent weeks, the Adelanto ICE Processing Center has become the site of the largest active...

Alternatives to Incarceration

If Sheriff Refuses to Use $24 Million for County Parks Bureau, LA County Supes May Reimagine LA’s Parks Bureau Without the LASD

October 12, 2020
20 Comments

Los Angeles County has one of the largest locally-operated public parks systems in the nation. LA...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Community Health & Safety • Race & Justice

Under Our Skin: How racism leaves an unmistakable mark on Black Americans

October 11, 2020
31 Comments

I’m only now coming to grips with what it has meant to my soul – and my body – to have been...

Women and Justice • Women's Issues

How State Corrections Departments Are Addressing Trauma and Victimization Among Imprisoned Women

October 9, 2020
3 Comments

  A new report from the Urban Institute shines a light on how 41 states do or don’t...

LA DA's Race 2020

Thursday Night’s Informative & Take-No-Prisoners Debate Between Jackie Lacey & George Gascón as They Battle to See Who Will Be LA’s Next District Attorney

October 8, 2020
10 Comments

At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday October 8, an important debate took place between two term Los Angeles...

#GangstersWithBadges • Alex Villanueva • LASD's Deputy Gang Problem

Why Did the LA’s District Attorney’s Office Fail to Bring Charges Against Suspects in the Sheriff’s Bandito Assault Case? (The Problematic LASD Investigation Didn’t Help, Says a New Report)

October 7, 2020
62 Comments

Why did the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office fail to bring charges against any of the...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • President Donald Trump

Op-Ed: Communities Need a Reset of Policing & The Justice System. But Barr & Trump’s Law Enforcement “Commission” is a Cynical Sham

October 4, 2020
13 Comments

Under the guise of restoring public confidence in law enforcement, the Commission is stacked with...

Bill Watch • DJJ Watch

Governor Signs Bill to Close State’s Troubled & Systemically Racist Youth Prisons With an Ambitious Plan to Reimagine CA’s Youth Justice System

October 2, 2020
18 Comments

At approximately 4:42 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, September 30, Governor Gavin...

Bill Watch

Governor Newsom Signs and Vetoes Closely Watched Criminal Justice Bills

October 1, 2020
8 Comments

Between Monday and Wednesday, his final day to sign or veto bills passed during the 2020...

Community Health & Safety • Criminal Justice • Justice Reform • LA County Board of Supervisors

LA County Moves Closer to Redirecting Some Emergency Response Away From Law Enforcement

September 30, 2020
12 Comments

On Tuesday, September 29, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors took the next step toward...

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