On Tuesday, August 14, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote on a motion that, if...
Access Denied: The Digital Crisis in Prisons
By Adam Wisnieski In 2006, jailhouse lawyer Thomas C. O’Bryant sent a handwritten article to the...
Even as California’s Student Suspensions Fell 46% Over the Past 6 Years, the ‘Discipline Gap’ for Black Children Remained as Wide as Ever
Suspensions in California fell by 46 percent since 2011. But disparities between black students and...
How Well is LA County Protecting Child Welfare-Involved LGBTQ Kids? Lawmakers Request Audit to Find Out.
The California State Auditor will review Los Angeles County’s child welfare system in the...
Replacing Invasive Strip Searches With Body Scanners at LA County Jails
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to collect...
Lawsuit Says Private GPS Monitoring Company Extorts Low Income Alameda Residents in “Pay-or-Jail” Scheme
Alameda County is allowing Leaders in Community Alternatives (LCA), a private company providing the...
The LA Sheriff’s Department Needs Body Cams! So, Let’s Get On With It!
On Tuesday, August 7 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion to hire an...
The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison – Including in CA
Data Show the Number of Inmates Returning to Prison 3 Years Later Is Down By Nearly a...
Sanctuary Cities, Separation of Powers & the Question of Who Carries the Nation’s Purse
On Wednesday, August 1, a three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a...
Privatized: 15 Years of For-Profit Prison Growth
From 2000 to 2016, the United States’ use of controversial for-profit prisons to lock up...
Civilian Deaths in LAPD Standoffs 13 Years Apart Show the Difficulty & Sometimes Devastating Results of Split-Second Decisions
By Taylor Walker and Celeste Fremon On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department’s new...
Sen. Sanders Introduces Federal Bail Reform Legislation
Last Wednesday, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill to prohibit the use of cash...
Ninth Circuit Rules Sheriff’s Deputies “Recklessly” Violated 4th Amendment Rights of Shed-Dwelling Couple in 2010 Shooting
In a 29-page opinion handed down on Friday, July 27, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with...
LA’s New Child Protection Chief Talks About the Death of Anthony Avalos & the Challenge of Keeping the County’s Kids Safe
Editor’s Note The death of 10-year-old Lancaster boy, Anthony Avalos, on June 21, has rightly...
City of Gold, July 28, 2018: LA Says Goodbye to Jonathan Gold
On Saturday evening, July 28, 2018, the city of Los Angeles paid tribute to restaurant critic...
Prison Workers’ PTSD Rivals That of War Vets, Study Says
Prison employees experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at a rate that is similar to Iraq and...
CA Prison Guards Violated Dept. Rules for Use of Force Half the Time, Says Report
California prison guards violated department policy in nearly half of incidents in which force was...
Facing a Backlog, Los Angeles Hires Pittsburgh Kinship Nonprofit to Help Relative Caregivers
Los Angeles County has hired a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit to help more relative caregivers through...