Shopping List Added
Because the holidays are upon us, The Toughest Beat has added a shopping list page. Several items on this page link to Amazon and a small portion of the proceeds…
DA George Gascon’s secret push to release murderers
It is common knowledge that Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon wants as many people out of jail as possible. It seems that progressive ideological effort now extends to cop…
CDCR Staff Survey Results
On November 28 CDCR released the results of an internal survey. Several months prior, the Department requested its staff to complete an anonymous survey of working conditions for CDCR. The…
California prison officials aim to raise hourly minimum wage for incarcerated workers – to at least 16 cents
Over the seven years Lawrence Cox worked as an inmate in California state prisons, he washed kitchen dishes and pans and cleaned urinals and dormitories. Cox said he was never…
Newly released LA County jail videos show violent use-of-force against inmates
Newly released surveillance videos taken inside Los Angeles County jails show violent use-of-force toward inmates. The videos were unsealed by a federal judge as part of a long running lawsuit…