Riverside County Jail Deaths: What’s Going On?
Jail isn’t known to be a particularly pleasant experience for those locked inside, but it also shouldn’t be a place so poorly run it borders [...]
AI Police Body Cameras: Can They Spot Bad Behavior?
Our technology is everywhere, and growing more everyday. We’ve already got cameras at traffic lights, analytics tracking on our internet searches, and AI producing artwork. [...]
Police Misconduct in California: In Effort to Transparency
The overhaul in and scrutiny of how police conduct themselves while on duty has pushed a new drive for the public to gain access to [...]
LA County Zero Bail Ends
The “zero bail” policy went into effect in April of 2020. The policy allowed for those charged with a misdemeanor or non-violent crime to await [...]
Minnesota v Derek Chauvin: Will George Floyd’s Murder Give Rise to Police Accountability?
On the evening of May 25, 2020 George Floyd was brutally tortured to death by police after allegedly buying a pack of cigarettes with a [...]
Covid in County Jails: Inmates are Caught in a Potential Death Trap
On Friday December 11, 2020 Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson ordered Sheriff Don Barnes to release 50% of the inmate population from Orange [...]
In-Custody Deaths from Alcohol Withdrawal: An Ongoing Nationwide Atrocity
On any given day, thousands of people are arrested and jailed who are to some degree alcohol-impaired. Most of these people are not in grave [...]
Should Police be Allowed to Use the Carotid Restraint Hold?
A carotid restraint hold is a method of cutting off blood flow to the brain and rendering the subject unconscious, ideally in a matter of [...]
Sentencing People with Serious Mental Illness to Jail and Prison: Is this Ethical or Even Legal?
The United States of America has the unfortunate distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the world. We also have the highest percentage [...]
Preventable Jail Suicides
Mental Illness care in Jail | Ensuring Safety | Housing and Treatment | Medical care in jail The United States currently has the highest number [...]