Investigating policing, courts, incarceration, and reform efforts across the Central Valley.
Dismal Freedom Press investigates the institutions that hold enormous power over people's lives — law enforcement agencies, district attorneys' offices, courts, and jails. From police use-of-force patterns to bail reform and public defender caseloads, we follow the data and documents that reveal how the system actually works in the Central Valley.
Alameda County's Public Defender's Office has formally challenged a judge over the systematic absence of Black jurors — a case with implications for jury selection practices across California.
The Live Nation settlement landed. Here is what it got right, what it got wrong, and what comes next for consumer protection and antitrust enforcement.
Weekly transparency dispatch — including justice system updates, grand jury indictments, police accountability monitoring under AB 748 and SB 1421, and body camera footage release tracking.