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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
Crossover Youth • DCFS • Foster Care • Juvenile Probation • LA County Probation

Study Reveals More Than Four Out of Five Kids Supervised by LA County Probation Had Contact With the Child Welfare System

October 10, 2017
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The population of youth in Los Angeles County’s probation camps who have had contact with the...

Life and Life Only • Youth Justice: Healing Not Punishment

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! New, Important Story Coming – Updated

October 9, 2017
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We’re working on a juvenile justice story that you won’t want to miss, so watch this...

21st Century Policing • LASD

8 Counties Advance in MacArthur Foundation Safety & Justice Challenge, LA Among Them

October 6, 2017
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by Dave Nyczepir Eight counties are implementing two-year plans for jail reform that will end their...

Immigration & Justice • Pretrial Detention/Release

Ninth Circuit Says Judges Have to Consider Detained Immigrants’ Financial Resources When Setting Bail

October 5, 2017
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On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that immigration judges must consider detained...

LA County Probation • Probation

Supes Consider How Best to Coordinate and Follow Through With LA County Probation Reform

October 4, 2017
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Over the past decade or so, there has been a plethora of piecemeal efforts to reform the Los...

Guns • Life and Life Only

After the Massacre: Thoughts on Guns, History, and Country Music

October 3, 2017
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As we struggle to come to terms with Sunday night’s horrific events in Las Vegas, here are...

Foster Care

New LA County Pilot Program Targets Foster Youth Who Cycle Through Shelters

October 3, 2017
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By Holden Slattery This month, Los Angeles County is rolling out a new approach to the...

Guns

So Cal Law Enforcement Among the Wounded in Horrific Mass Shooting in Las Vegas That Kills at least 59, Wounds more than 525

October 2, 2017
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As everyone knows by now, a gunman with a stash of high-powered rifles, killed at least 59 people...

LA County Jail • LASD • Mental Health • Mental Illness

LASD Non-Compliant on 10 Key Mental Health Reforms in the Jails

September 29, 2017
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department “made substantial progress” into compliance...

Immigration & Justice

LA City Councilmember Introduces Motion to Make LA a “Dreamer Arrest Free Zone”

September 28, 2017
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Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo introduced a motion Wednesday that would move LA closer to...

Youth Justice: Healing Not Punishment

LA County Probation Invests $1 Million in the Belief That Art Can Change the Lives of the County’s System-Involved Youth

September 27, 2017
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A long list of studies and reports have pointed to the fact that art, writing, theater, and music...

Pretrial Detention/Release

A San Francisco Senior’s Case Challenges California’s Cash Bail System

September 26, 2017
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A California appeals court has ordered the California Attorney General’s Office to explain why an...

Crime & Consequence

Violent Crime Up & Property Crime Down in CA & the U.S., Say New FBI Stats: But What Do the Numbers Mean?

September 25, 2017
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On Monday, the FBI released its full crime stats for 2016, which showed violent crime up 4.1...

#MeTooBehindBars • Beating Children

Lawsuit Alleges LA County Probation Staffers Knew Fellow Officer Was Sexually Assaulting Girl in Youth Camp

September 22, 2017
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Former Los Angeles County probation officer, Oscar David Calderon Jr., 33, was sentenced Wednesday...

DCFS • Foster Care • Uncategorized

LA Supes Select Georgia Child Welfare Director Bobby Cagle to Take Over DCFS

September 21, 2017
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On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors selected Bobby Cagle for the position of Director of...

Juvenile Justice • Juvenile Probation • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Probation

LA County Agrees to $3.9 Million Settlement in Case of Boy Beaten into Paralysis in Juvenile Hall

September 20, 2017
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $3.9 million settlement to be...

Police

New Interactive Database Tracks Officer Arrests and Charges

September 19, 2017
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The new Henry A. Wallace Police Crime Database is the first public, searchable web database that...

LWOP Kids

Bill Mandating a Chance at Parole for California’s Juvenile Lifers Goes to Governor’s Desk

September 18, 2017
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On Friday, the state Assembly passed a bill that offers a parole hearing after 25 years of...

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