United Airlines has announced a $1 million grant to the Los Angeles branch of First Place for...
How Did Alex Villanueva, an Unknown, No-Chance Candidate for LA County Sheriff Become a Serious Challenger?
The California primaries have been over for a month and a half, and the real campaigning for the...
Has Plea Bargaining Pushed the Sixth Amendment Right to Trial to the Brink of Extinction? A New Report Says Yes
The right to a trial by jury is enshrined in the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and also...
California DOJ Presents Public With Second Annual Report on Police Uses of Force
In 2017, law enforcement officers in California used force against civilians in a manner that...
New Data Reveals an Unemployment Crisis Among the Formerly Incarcerated
Approximately 27 percent of formerly incarcerated people are looking for a job, but are still...
ACLU Sues Over Alleged Abuse of Immigrant Women During Transport
On Tuesday, the ACLU of Nothern California and the law firm Goodwin Procter LLP filed a series of...
How President Trump’s SCOTUS Pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Could Affect Criminal Justice Reform, Past & Future
EDITOR’S NOTE: Now that President Trump has announced his pick of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to...
Fresno’s Juvenile Justice Campus Has a Pepper Spray Problem, Says Report
The Fresno County Probation Department’s reliance on using pepper spray to control the...
Judge Rules Against Fed Attempt to Suspend CA “Sanctuary” Laws
In March 7 of this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he had filed a legal...
Immigrant Kids Separated From Parents to Receive Legal Representation Via LA Justice Fund Thanks to LA County Supes
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion to extend a pot of money...
Wishing Everyone a Happy 4th of July!
Some music to celebrate the beauty and complexity of this nation we all share, beginning with five*...
ACLU Takes on “Informal” Probation Program It Says Criminalizes Kids for “Childish Behavior”
The ACLU has filed a class action lawsuit challenging Riverside County’s...
New Lawsuit Claims Wrongful Conviction Costing LA Man 32 Years of His Life Represents Pattern of Behavior by LAPD & DA’s Office
On March 16, 2017, Andrew Wilson was released from the Los Angeles County jail after a team...
ACLU Sues San Diego Over Warrantless, Unannounced Searches of CalWORKs Applicants
Since 1997, a fraud detection program called Project 100% (P100) has subjected San Diego County...
DA’s Office Moves Quickly, Charges Mother & Stepfather for Torture Murder of 10-Year-Old Anthony Avalos
At midday on Friday, the LA District Attorney’s office announced that Kareem Ernesto Leiva...
State-by-State Analysis Shows Confusing & Problematic Rules and Delays Make Compassionate Release a Rarity
While 49 states and D.C. have laws and programs in place that allow for the “compassionate...
LA Sheriffs Arrest Suspect in Death of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos—Amid Conflicting Media Reports, and Many Lingering Questions
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has arrested the boyfriend of the mother of...
Report Urges CA to Dump Private Agencies That Collect on Criminal Justice System-Related Debts
California’s system of criminal fines and fees, and its use of under-regulated private debt...