As California lawmakers and state officials move toward reforming the cash bail industry via SB 10...
Appeals Court Rules Against Criminalizing Truant Kids
Late last week, the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco ruled in favor of a...
Why Assaults On Officers in LA County’s Juvenile Halls Are Soaring
On Monday, April 16, a Detention Services Officer was escorting a young probationer to the...
OP-ED: Los Angeles Hunts For Police Chief With the “Right Stuff”
When Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck retires in June, he’ll leave to his successor the best...
First Responder PTSD and Suicides, and the Silence That Surrounds Them
Law enforcement officers and firefighters are more likely to commit suicide than to die in the line...
Gorsuch Is Swing Vote in Important SCOTUS Immigration Law Decision
The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) effectively ensures that any immigrant, even those...
Former First Lady Barbara Bush: June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018
Wife of a president of the United States, mother of a president of the United States, mother of a...
Policing and Homelessness Are Focal Points in LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s State of the City Address
At City Hall on Tuesday, after returning from a visit to Iowa, a key early presidential primary...
Juvenile Justice Division Likely to Be Slashed by Massive Cutbacks in Reform-Phobic Justice Department
Editor’s Note: In the story below, reporter John Kelly writes that sources inside the U.S...
Fed Judge Says DOJ Can’t Tie Grants to Local Police’s Participation in Immigration Enforcement
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real issued a ruling that blocked the U.S. Department of...
Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs
By Alan Greenblatt No matter how tight the food budget, you can always find ways to cut corners...
A New Independent Oversight Commission for LA County Probation?
Will Los Angeles County soon get a new oversight commission to monitor the LA County Probation...
LA County CEO Delivers New Budget Proposal, Plus Report Detailing LASD Overspending
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County CEO Sachi Hamai presented the LA County Board of Supervisors with a...
Felony Voting Laws Are Confusing; Activists Would Ditch Them Altogether
EDITOR’S NOTE: In California, the non-profit Initiate Justice is gathering signatures for a...
LA’s New Public Defender MUST Have “Significant Criminal Defense Experience” More than 40 High Profile Attorneys Tell LA County Supes
Los Angeles County’s public defender’s office has been without a permanent leader since the...
Bills Seek to Reduce Deadly Uses-of-Force and Increase Police Transparency After Stephon Clark Shooting
This week, California lawmakers announced two new bills in response to public outrage over the...
The Scarlet Number: Is Pittsburgh’s Ethically Risky System of Big Data for Foster Care Coming to California?
One massive leak of middle-class Americans’ data seems to have the whole world in an uproar. A...
In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. #DreamStillLives
“On April 4th, 1968 at 7:05 p.m. central time, Dr. King’s life was cut tragically short. 50...