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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
Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Diversion • Juvenile Justice • Juvenile Probation • LA County Probation

Rethinking Youth Arrests and Prosecution

November 21, 2017
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By Patricia Soung, Kim McGill, Bikila Ochoa and Josh Green The work is just beginning under an...

21st Century Policing • Law Enforcement Reform

Anaheim PD Has “Shocking” Pattern of Fatal Police Shootings Says New ACLU Report

November 20, 2017
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Over the past three years, the Anaheim Police Department’s rate of officer-involved deaths...

Sentencing

Black Men Receive 20 Percent Longer Sentences Than White Men for the Same Crimes Says New Fed Report

November 20, 2017
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A newly released report by the United States Sentencing Commission found that black male offenders...

Juvenile Probation

LA County Probation Officer Accused of Sexually Abusing Teenage Girls in His Care Is Released After Serving Less Than a Month of a 1-Year Sentence

November 17, 2017
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Less than a month ago, former Los Angeles County deputy probation officer, Oscar David Calderon...

Foster Care • Homelessness • Juvenile Justice • Juvenile Probation • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Probation • LAUSD • Los Angeles County

LA County Approves Plan to Assist “Disconnected” Youth Who Are Out of School and Out of Work

November 16, 2017
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of a plan to improve...

Jail • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LA County Probation • Prison • Prison Policy • Rape

LA County Supes Seek to Protect Inmates from Sexual Assault By Staffing New PREA Compliance Units

November 15, 2017
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to explore funding...

Justice Reform • Pretrial Detention/Release • Prison • Realignment • Reentry • Rehabilitation • Sentencing

CA Could Reduce Its Prison Population by 30,000, Says Report

November 14, 2017
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A new report outlines strategies the state of California could employ that would reduce its prison...

Justice Reform

Massive Bi-Partisan Report Aims at Reforming Criminal Justice

November 13, 2017

The Academy of Justice at Arizona State’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has just...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Justice Reform

Q&A: ASU Law professor discusses focus of major new report on criminal justice reform

November 13, 2017
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The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has published an in-depth new...

Veterans

To Our Nation’s Veterans….We Are Deeply Grateful For Your Service

November 11, 2017
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Happy Veterans Day to those Americans who have served, and for those who are still serving. The...

Children and Adolescents

Researcher Looks at the “Often Neglected” Problem of Childhood Exposure to Violence

November 10, 2017
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Childhood exposure to crime has been called “one of the most costly public health and public...

Pretrial Detention/Release

California Earns “D” Grade on Pretrial Report Card

November 9, 2017
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California received a “D” grade on a new report card measuring states’ pretrial...

Diversion • Youth Diversion

LA County Board of Supervisors Votes to Launch “Historic” Youth Diversion Plan

November 8, 2017
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A little past midday on Tuesday, November 7, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted...

Innocence • Prosecutors

Promoting Integrity In Conviction Integrity Review

November 7, 2017
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By Miriam Aroni Krinsky “If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.” That’s what Ray...

Youth diversion not lock-up • Youth Justice: Healing Not Punishment

Los Angeles County Supes to Vote on Triggering a Comprehensive, County-Wide Youth Diversion Program

November 6, 2017
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On Tuesday, Nov. 7, the Los Angeles County Supervisors are scheduled to vote on a motion...

Guns

Deadly Mass Shooting Inside Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX

November 5, 2017
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Police announced that the man who opened fire inside a Baptist church in the small town of...

Follow the Money

CA Lawmaker Threatens to Audit LA County Probation’s Use of State $$ for At-Risk Kids

November 3, 2017
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California Assemblymember Raul Bocanegra wants answers about the way the Los Angeles County...

The Downfall of Paul Tanaka

Former LASD Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Appeals to SCOTUS Hoping to Reverse Criminal Conviction

November 2, 2017
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Paul Tanaka, the once feared and powerful former second in command of the Los Angeles County...

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