On Wednesday, WLA posted a list of noteworthy bills signed into law by California Governor Jerry...
LA Jail Visitor Beating: Jury Acquits Sixth Deputy on Two Charges, Deadlocks on Third Count – UPDATED
On Wednesday, a jury acquitted Byron Dredd, an LA County sheriff’s deputy indicted for his...
Baca Wants Lead Prosecutor, Federal Judge AND City of LA Disqualified
In a string of motions filed early this week, Nathan Hochman, the attorney for former Los Angeles...
It’s Bill-Signing Season in Sacramento
Over the last few days (and certainly for the next several days) California Governor Jerry Brown...
Federal $$$ to Improve Local Justice Systems
Over the past week, a number of noteworthy federal funding awards have been announced. Several of...
FBI Releases 2015 Crime Numbers
IN 2015, VIOLENT CRIMES, ESPECIALLY MURDERS, WENT UP BUT WE’RE STILL EXPERIENCING A...
Controversial New Probation Policy Makes It Easier for Staff to Get Promoted After Being Disciplined for “Inappropriate Conduct”
Los Angeles County Probation has recently instituted a policy making it easier for staff who have...
Newly Signed Criminal Justice Laws, Youth Planting Trees, and New Data on Foster Students
GOV. BROWN SIGNS IMPORTANT CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILLS: OPENJUSTCE AND EDUCATION FOR LOCKED-UP KIDS On...
Mapping Jail Spending in Los Angeles County
UCLA RESEARCHERS CREATE INCARCERATION SPENDING MAP OF LA COUNTY A new project from UCLA...
Massachusetts Supremes Rule That Black Men May Have a Legitimate Reason to Flee from Cops
In what is likely to be a controversial ruling, on Tuesday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...
New Study Says It Costs $1 Trillion to Lock up Americans Each Year
NEW STUDY SHOWS THE AGGREGATE YEARLY COST OF INCARCERATION IN THE U.S TOPS $1 TRILLION For years...
Better Serving Kids with Locked-up Parents, two LAPD Shootings, and Judge Michael Nash Remembers Ed Edelman
SAN FRANCISCO TAKES STEPS TO HELP KIDS WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND The San...
Door-to-Door Deputies, the Hunt for the Next Probation Chief, Women with Locked-up Loved Ones, and More
LASD DEPUTIES MEET WITH 500 WILLOWBROOK NEIGHBORS TO DISCUSS CONCERNS Over the weekend, more than...
Case Going to Trial of LA Sheriff’s Investigator Claiming Retaliation for Refusing to Falsify Job Apps & to Raise Big $$ for Tanaka
NO SETTLEMENT, GOING TO COURT In early 2015, former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Ban...
Since 2013, No Complaints of Biased Policing Have Been Sustained by LAPD
LAPD COMMISSIONER WANTS “REAL AND MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE” ABOUT BIAS WITHIN THE...
RISE High…and Officers Shooting into Cars
$10 MILLION TO START A MULTI-LOCATION (AND MOBILE) SCHOOL FOR LA’S MOST VULNERABLE...
What is “Voluntary” Juvenile Probation? And Does it Help or Harm LA County’s Kids? – by Jeremy Loudenback
EDITOR’S NOTE: The consistent decline in juvenile crime, along with study after study showing...
Will the LA County Board of Supes Consult Community Experts Before Choosing a New Probation Chief?
Last week we wrote about the five finalists being considered for the position of chief of Los...