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Learn about the rights and services available to victims and survivors. The jail is not open to the public, is surrounded by a chainlink fence, and is patrolled by private security guards. However it sits right on Avenue 19 for anyone to walk or drive by.
California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC)
Now, he could be transferred to California, but he will most likely be transferred from state prison to Rikers Island, the jail complex in New York City, as he waits for Mr. Bragg to decide whether to push for another trial. Read the ruling from New York’s top court that overturned the 2020 conviction of Harvey Weinstein on felony sex crime charges in Manhattan, with context and explanation by New York Times journalists. An additional four women were called as “prior bad acts” witnesses, who testified that Weinstein had assaulted them in similar fashion to the primary accusers.
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Sonoma County has offered access to its secure youth treatment facility, which includes a special group for treating sex offenders, to other Northern California jurisdictions — at least in theory. For now, the shutdown of the state youth prisons has diverted so many detainees to the Bay Area that Sonoma is temporarily blocking admissions it didn’t previously agree to. Snitch scandal broke, evidence came to light that jailhouse informants were misused in his case.
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The swift implosion in incarceration numbers drained youth prisons. Both youths and officers have been assaulted inside the unit in recent months, part of a broader pattern of mismanagement by the Los Angeles County Probation Department that led a state oversight board in May to order the closure of two of the county’s juvenile halls. Juvenile justice reformers might otherwise be celebrating the June 30 shutdown of the last two youth prisons in the once-sprawling 10,000-inmate system, except for their deep anxiety about what comes next. It was Sanders who first exposed the widespread and abusive use of jailhouse informants by Orange County prosecutors and law enforcement. Sanders argued Monday that law enforcement's misconduct in the Smith case went beyond the misuse of jailhouse informants.
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The system, still known by detainees as “the Y.A.,” goes out under a cloud of anxiety. Employees, who asked not to be named to keep in good standing with administrators, told The Times that a string of drug overdoses have hit the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton, the largest remaining prison. Some youths told Sharony of being isolated in their cells for more than 18 hours during one lockdown of the larger Nidorf Juvenile Hall. Another concern in the transition is the question of how to ensure meaningful oversight of the youths relocated to county lockups. In Los Angeles, other advocates are pressing a vision for juvenile justice that would move away from locked wards in favor of homey environments with more academic supports, job opportunities and clear pathways to viable careers.
In the Manhattan trial, Justice James Burke was careful in his decision to let prosecutors present evidence that showed that more “complex psychological and sociological dynamics” were at play, Judge Cannataro wrote. Sara Ziff, the executive director of the Model Alliance, called on lawmakers in Albany to pass the Fashion Workers Act, which would provide labor protections for models, before the end of the legislative session on June 6. “While today’s news is devastating, it only strengthens our commitment to reforming industries predominantly made up of young women,” she said. The Model Alliance, a labor rights group focused on young women in the fashion industry, criticized the ruling in a news conference on Zoom. Carré Otis, a model who is on the group’s board, described herself as “sickened” by the decision.
Here are five takeaways from the overturned conviction.
The facility was shut down and the people incarcerated there were moved to other county jails. There were a plethora of renovation ideas that included repurposing the building as a technical trade high school or an urban rooftop garden. But they came and went without any success until 1979, when the Bilingual Foundation for the Arts relocated there. Monsibais, 29, was received from Los Angeles County on Feb. 22, 2012, sentenced to five years for assault with deadly weapon inflicting great bodily injury and assault with a deadly weapon. He was returned from parole on March 20, 2017, sentenced by Los Angeles County to four years for second-degree robbery as a second striker. He was returned from parole on March 14, 2023, sentenced by Los Angeles County to 15 years, four months for attempted murder, possession/ownership of a firearm, and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, all second-strike offenses.
Column: We’re wiping out the Southern California steelhead trout. Time to fix that
Mr. Weinstein was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 100 women. But in New York he was convicted of raping an aspiring actress, Jessica Mann, and assaulting a television production assistant, Miriam Haley, and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Thursday’s decision did not discount the credibility of the accusations against him. Rather, it found fault with the admission of the testimony of women whose descriptions of abuse fell outside the criminal case. Prosecutors in sexual assault and other cases often seek to use them to establish a pattern of behavior.

Sanders says the new evidence of alleged wrongdoing could also taint dozens of other criminal cases, potentially leading them to be overturned or reconsidered. The Art Deco Lincoln Heights Jail was infamous for having a separate wing to house its high numbers of gay inmates. Arrestees who remain in custody after arraignment are remanded to the custody of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Local Inmate Family Councils (IFC’s) are a gathering of family and friends of the incarcerated who meet regularly with Wardens to support visiting since keeping strong family connections with loved ones is a powerful rehabilitative tool. These IFC’s promote visiting by clarifying rules and regulations as well as discussing health, education, vocational training, packages, books, and related issues.
He said given the history of misconduct in the case, and what he said was an unwillingness by the DA's office to investigate that misconduct, "it's just not reasonable to think that when they came across exculpatory evidence, they turned it over." A hearing began Monday to determine whether Orange County prosecutors continue to hide evidence of misconduct in the wake of a long-running informant scandal that has tainted criminal cases and marred the county justice system's reputation over the past decade. County Board of Supervisors felt it would be too expensive to expand or maintain.
County probation officers complain their young charges are coddled, as staff members are being disrespected and attacked. After a two-year wind-down, California is in the final weeks of closing its notoriously grim youth prison system, a landmark moment that arrives as juvenile crime hovers at near-record lows and state leaders call for a shift in focus from punishment to rehabilitation. In an email to LAist, Carrie Braun, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, denied that Sheriff Barnes had made allegations to the California State Bar about Sanders in regards to the Smith case.
In a statement, the division said it did not have overdose totals and suggested that even a statistical summary would violate “health privacy laws” for reasons it failed to explain. A volunteer at “Chad,” as insiders call it, estimated there have been at least 10 overdoses since the start of the year. One of the staffers recalled twice seeing ambulances transport victims to the hospital.
In Sanders's court filings in the Smith murder case, he outlines dozens of examples of evidence he said should have been turned over to defendants but wasn't. Lawrence Rosenthal, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches at Chapman University, also told LAist he thought the Orange County District Attorney's Office had yet to take full responsibility for the informant scandal. But, years later, Sanders says he's still uncovering misconduct that prosecutors haven't owned up to.
She and others encouraged Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, to retry the case. The 2020 case was tried under Cyrus R. Vance Jr., Mr. Bragg’s predecessor. Through a spokeswoman, Mr. Bragg said that he would retry the case.
Today the court decided, with a majority that included three of those female judges, to throw out the conviction and order a new trial. Mr. Weinstein remains convicted in California and could be moved to prison there. In order for Harvey Weinstein to have the appeals court hear his case after he was found guilty in a Manhattan trial in 2020, he first had to appeal to an intermediate court — called the appellate division. A panel of that court unanimously upheld Mr. Weinstein’s conviction in 2022. From there, he then could pursue his case in the Court of Appeals.