SANTA ANA — A two-year investigation by the ACLU of Southern California Jails Project published today reveals violent, abusive and unhealthy conditions in Orange County's jails system, and a record of denial and indifference by the officials in charge, most notably Orange County Sheriff Sandra

The ACLU of California and advocacy groups today sent a letter to Lexipol, a vendor of pre-packaged police policies, demanding that it eliminate illegal and unclear directives that can lead to racial profiling and harassment of immigrants.

LOS ANGELES — The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm of Bird Marella filed a friend of the court brief on Friday supporting the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's efforts to make information about past misconduct of its deputies more available. This brief, filed last week

Please attribute the following statement to Peter Bibring, director of police practices and senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California, following the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office decision not to bring charges against the officers responsible for the death of Ezell Ford: