Los Angeles County is experiencing a critical shortage of available foster parents and relative...
State Proposes Rules for Prop. 57 Regarding Good Time Credits and Parole
Late last week, California prison officials proposed regulations for the portions of voter-approved...
LA Police Commission Seeks Public Comment as It Reviews LAPD Body Cam Policy
Late last week, the Los Angeles Police Commission launched a review of the LAPD’s policy...
After Decades Behind Bars on a Wrongful Conviction, Man to Be Set Free
Marco Contreras, a man wrongfully convicted of attempted murder and robbery, is expected to be...
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Videos Himself Deliberately Ignoring a “Gunshot Victim” Radio Call. ….But There Is Much More To The Story
“Somebody Got shot right now….I Gotta Go, But I’m Not Gonna Go” In a...
Lee Baca’s Lawyers Ask for More Alzheimer’s Testing As a Sentencing Day is Set
The Date is (Mostly) Set The date of May 15 has been set for sentencing former Los Angeles County...
SCOTUS Considers Whether LASD Deputies Are Liable in Lancaster Shooting Case
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case centered around liability for an...
LAUSD Struggling to Direct Local Control Funding Formula Dollars into Schools with High-Needs Students
Los Angeles Unified School District, is increasing allocated money for high-needs middle and high...
DHS Report Lists Jurisdictions Not Complying with Detainer Requests…and More
DHS is keeping track of jurisdictions that deny ICE detainer requests.
Internet Access for Kids in Juvenile Lock-up and Foster Care
A bill aims to ensure that kids locked up in juvenile halls and camps have reasonable access to...
CA Senators Introduce Bill Package to Reform Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems
On Monday, California Senators Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) and Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens)...
LA Probation Chief Says Probe Found 7 Other Force Incidents Against Kids, But Are There More?
Investigation Finds 7 More staff Incidents LA County Chief of Probation Terri McDonald announced in...
WitnessLA Discusses the Long Road to Baca’s Conviction on KCRW & KPFK
KCRW’S THE MIXER with Steve Chiotakis: 89.9 FM On a segment with the droll title If First...
Goodby to the Godfather of Rock & Roll: R.I.P Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry’s importance to rock music cannot possibly be overestimated. Mick Jagger, wrote...
THE RETRIAL OF LEE BACA: How LA County’s Popular Sheriff Got Convicted
The Verdict On Wednesday, March 15, a few minutes before 2 o’clock in the afternoon, an eight-man...
OC Supes End Contract with Global Tel*Link Subsidiary Over “Punishing” Fees Charged to Inmates’ Families
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to drop a contract with TouchPay Holdings, a...
Big Questions Remain After LA County Probation Releases New Data on Juvenile “Voluntary Probation” Program
YOUTH ARRESTS DROP IN LA COUNTY, BUT NUMBER OF THOSE ON “VOLUNTARY PROBATION” HAS SHOT...
THE RETRIAL OF LEE BACA: The Jury Finds Baca Guilty on All 3 Counts
FEDERAL JURY FINDS LEE BACA GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS Conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of...