In the first two months of 2024, California lawmakers have introduced new noteworthy criminal...
A last minute look at the 11 people who hope to unseat LA DA George Gascón
As we race toward the March 5, 2024, primary election, let’s take one more quick look at the...
My Mom Helped Me Think Bigger Than Prison. Soon, I’ll Graduate College
So many African American women have given me hope and influenced what I want my future to look...
Police Solving Fewer Crimes Despite Increased Spending, Says New Report
Over the past three decades, clearance rates for serious crimes have dropped by 41 percent in...
Unsuitable: State oversight commission pronounces LA County’s two juvenile halls as unsuitable for youth residence, as two more kids overdose on fentanyl
At or around 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, after many hours of discussion, plus a string of...
Will Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall be declared “unsuitable” for youth?
On February 15, the members of The California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) will...
Vallejo police may swap stars for shields amid badge-bending scandal
Editor’s note The story below is another in WLA’s series presenting the remarkable...
A New 5-Year Plan for Closing Men’s Central Jail
On January 30, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors received a new five-year plan for...
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 9 – Filing With the 9th Circuit
On Thursday, January 25, the team of five appellate attorneys who are now representing Mark...
Punishing Families Part 3: It Starts With a Phone Call
Mandated reporting laws have led to a flood of calls to report suspected child abuse and neglect...
LASD whistleblower takes her case to trial, while Villanueva testifies that deputy gangs don’t exist, & Sheriff Luna says there’s a new deputy gang
Wednesday, civil rights attorney, Alan Romero presented closing arguments in the whistleblower...
Saturday Forum Featuring DA Candidates & a Reconstruction of the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas
This past Saturday, January 13, 2024, the 32-year-old organization known as the Empowerment...
8 LA probation staff removed from duty for overseeing “fight clubs,” as probation chief outsources internal affairs investigations
So, why have 8 probation staff members been removed from duty? It appears that the employees were...
A good California Supreme Court decision curbs the family police
A decision by the California Supreme Court sheds rare light on how family police agencies (a more...
CA Attorney General Issues Guidelines for Prosecutors to Implement Race-blind Charging
In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill, AB 2778, meant to reduce racial bias in...
Californian who joined hunger strike in ICE detention seeks $1 million in complaint
By Justo Robles, CalMatters After 16 months in immigration detention facilities in California...
Colorado releases 5 gray wolves, fulfilling voter-approved reintroduction measure.
by Chase Woodruff of Colorado Newsline Gray wolves captured in Oregon, released at undisclosed...
A tale of dangerous jails & why WitnessLA needs your help before midnight tonight!
Almost every day we get calls from people locked up in the nation’s largest jail...