Said a "force-first" attitude has reigned in a jail system that relied too much on intimidation and humiliation to establish control of inmates

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A commission appointed to investigate Los Angeles County jails said Friday the system has shown a "persistent pattern of unnecessary and excessive force" and blamed Sheriff Lee Baca for a "failure of leadership."

DOC report points to prison healthcare atrocities

Posted: Sep 29, 2012 9:13 PM PDT Updated: Oct 01, 2012 1:50 PM PDT

By Lindsey Reiser 

Louisiana Man Exonerated After 15 Years on Death Row for Murder September 28, 2012

DNA and Other Evidence Proves ACLU Client Damon Thibodeaux Was Wrongly Convicted Based Upon a False Confession

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LA youth join call for end to hostilities

by prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity

Boxed In

A report by the New York Civil Liberties Union

The True Cost of Extreme Isolation in New York's Prisons

"I feel like the walls are closing in on me. I get suicidal…"

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DA won't file hate crime charge against Shasta Lake man

The Shasta County district attorney's office won't prosecute a Shasta Lake man who was suspected of attacking an 18-year-old Native American while yelling racial slurs at him last month, a decision his mother said stems from bigotry.

Despite requests from the teen's family members that Charles Petrisevac, 36, be prosecuted with a hate crime, Senior Deputy District Attorney Kelly Kafel said Wednesday that won't happen.

Justice Denied

A tangled bureaucracy has left tribal communities facing an epidemic of violent crime

Colleen Keane

Court orders DCA to accept prisoner’s Braille filing

Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity amplifying the voices of CA prisoners on hunger strike  

Amnesty International report finds California SHUs illegal

Posted on September 27, 2012