Rina Palta
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Federal authorities are looking into allegations that deputes at the LA County's Sheriff's Department used excessive force on jail inmates.
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Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down California's ban on gay marriage, prison inmates will be allowed to marry same-sex partners who are not incarcerated. -
Los Angeles County supervisors think California is too easy on men caught enlisting the services of child prostitutes. They want legislators to change that. -
Starting Wednesday, Los Angeles could be subject to fines of $200 a day for operating an "unlicensed emergency shelter" for foster care children. -
The family of Gabriel Fernandez, an 8-year-old boy who allegedly died at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend, take steps to sue L.A. county. -
A new study found prison inmates who participate in educational or vocational training are 43 percent less likely to return to prison once released. -
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck says the state's prison realignment program, AB 109, is costing his department $18.1 million this year. Read the full report. -
Traditionally, the foster care system has struggled with a shortage of homes for older children. Suddenly, there's a need of foster parents for babies and no one is sure why. -
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a draw-down to mandatory minimum sentences that send some low-level drug offenders to federal lockups for years. -
A new study finds that indigent juvenile defendants assigned private attorneys in L.A. County may be at a disadvantage in court. Officials are beginning to address the issue.
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