News & Commentary
Feb 02, 2012
L.A. Civil Rights Organizations Applaud Adoption of School Attendance Reform Recommendations by Education Coordinating Council
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By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 18, 2012
Charging LA County Sheriff Baca and Top Department Brass with Condoning Pattern of Savage Deputy-on-Inmate Violence
Complaint Alleges High-Level Staff Knew Gangs of Deputies Beat Inmates and Condoned Cover-Ups
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 07, 2011
ACLU/SC Sues ICE Over Failure to Grant Fee Waiver for FOIA Request
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By ACLU of Southern California
Nov 08, 2011
Banking on Bondage: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration
By ACLU of Southern California
Nov 03, 2011
Justice Department Withdraws Proposed Rule Change on Freedom of Information Act Requests
The Department of Justice (DOJ) today withdrew a proposed regulation that would allow government agencies to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests with false statements that the documents sought do not exist, when, in fact, they do. Providing such false denials has apparently been a practice at DOJ for decades, which was most recently revealed in a FOIA lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) on behalf of a number of Southern California Muslim individuals and organizations.
By ACLU of Southern California
Oct 20, 2011
LA School Police Department Plan to Reduce Curfew Tickets That Have Targeted Students of Color
Yesterday the Los Angeles School Police Department unveiled protocols intended to reduce the number of daytime curfew tickets written to students. The revised procedures are a result of collaboration and discussions between Public Counsel, the Community Rights Campaign, the ACLU of Southern California, Children’s Defense Fund, CADRE, and Youth Justice Coalition — groups that work to keep students in school — and Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) leaders.
By ACLU of Southern California
Oct 18, 2011
Who Should Police the Police?
In 1994, Lisa Simpson -- daughter of Homer, sister of Bart -- posed the question that continues to plague law enforcement: "If you're the police, who will police the police?"
Homer answered, "I dunno; Coast Guard?"
Amidst allegations of deputy-on-inmate abuse at LA County jails, LA County Sheriff Lee Baca's answer was inexplicably worse than Homer's: "We police ourselves."
By Hector Villagra
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