EDITOR’S NOTE: For decades, LA County’s juvenile probation camp system has...
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New LA Innocence Project, Funded by Exoneree, Will Partner With Forensic Scientists to Uncover Wrongful Convictions
Andrew Wilson spent 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now, with a founding...
State Proposes Rules for Prop. 57 Regarding Good Time Credits and Parole
Late last week, California prison officials proposed regulations for the portions of voter-approved...
Post-Election Roundup
At WitnessLA, we have been following a handful of the 17 ballot initiatives Californians either...
Prop. 57 Roundup…and a Settlement in the Ezell Ford Case
PROP. 57 – A REFORM OF DECADES OLD STATE LAWS THAT PRIORITIZED PUNISHMENT OVER...
The Real Culprit in the Overuse of Solitary Confinement: Prison Disciplinary Systems – Part 2 of a 3-Part Series
Understanding what actions constitute misbehavior is key to the campaign against solitary...
District Attorney Gascón Announces Exoneration of Man Wrongfully Convicted 27-years ago with a false confession: Here’s the story
Nearly three decades after his faulty conviction, it was DNA that changed everything for Gerardo...
CA Bill Would Limit the Criminalization of Survivors of Abuse and Trafficking
More than one-third of women in California have experienced domestic violence. For women in prison...
Researchers talked to 100 people about their experiences in solitary confinement, & California fails to get its much needed solitary reform: here’s what you need to know
Editor’s Note When John McCain was a prisoner of war, he was beaten regularly, suffered...
Nationwide, the death penalty continues to decline despite the former president’s execution spree
As WitnessLA readers know, last week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland instituted a...