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Abuse in Los Angeles Jails Leads to Investigations, Lawsuits and Eventual Reforms

By Mike Brodheim and Alex Friedmann With seven facilities that house from 15,000 to 18,000 prisoners, Los Angeles County’s jail system is the nation’s largest – and, arguably, among the most dangerous in terms of staff-on-prisoner violence. The jail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), is facing an investigation by the

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The Ryan Ferguson Case

Dianne-Frazee Walker The sentencing amelioration organization, Injustice Anywhere, has created a petition for Bill Ferguson to free his son, Ryan Ferguson. Prior to 2001, Ryan Ferguson had a clean criminal record, but after a jury trial in 2005, Ferguson was convicted of a murder he claims he did not commit. Ferguson was charged with murdering

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INTERVIEW WITH JACK DONSON, PRESIDENT OF MY FEDERAL PRISON CONSULTANTS

Jack Donson is the President of My Federal Prison Consultants, and the current Director of Programs and Case Management Services for FedCURE (a national sentencing reform coalition).  He is a former Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Case Manager.  During his 23-year career within the FBOP, he received several national awards including an award for Excellence in

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How to Defend Against Federal Bureau of Prisons Disciplinary Proceedings

The vast majority of inmates within the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will eventually find themselves the focus of a disciplinary proceeding.  This is because BOP disciplinary policy includes everything from the seemingly inconsequential to the criminal.  In fact, federal inmates are known to receive incident reports for actions that they weren’t even aware were

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