Friday, October 25, 2013

Book Review: Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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For ten years, between 1993 and 2003, Adrian LeBlanc followed the lives of four young people living in the Bronx, their trials and tribula...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Criminal Justice Bills Vetoed by Gov. Brown in 2013

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Image courtesy the Los Angeles Times. Our first post in this series reviewed the bills signed into law by Gov. Brown in 2013. This edit...

Criminal Justice Bills Signed Into Law by Gov. Brown, 2013 Season

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Image courtesy NBC San Diego. A month ago we provided a brief overview of the criminal justice bills on Gov. Brown's desk. With the...
Monday, October 21, 2013

CCA Signs Lease of California City Prison

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The prison in California City. Photo courtesy the Tehachapi News. Your $315 million, gentle readers, are hard at work. The Tehachapi New...

TODAY! Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment Hearing Live!

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Humonetarianism and cost-centered criminal justice policies in action: In half an hour, the Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestm...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Bail: Freedom, Capitalized

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This video, produced by the ACLU and Beyond Bars, was posted in a story that appeared this week on The Nation, titled, Should It Cost Less...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Community Mobilizing Against San Francisco Jail Expansion

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Next Tuesday, San Francisco County Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will be addressing the Board of Supervisors with a request for $80 million to fund...