It’s January, and that means new and rejuvenated criminal justice bills are just starting to land in California legislative committees. Thus, we at WitnessLA have compiled a list of several stand-outs, so far. Tightening...
Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca is going to federal prison. According to the order signed by U.S...
On Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his plans for the 2020-2021 budget, a $222.2...
On Monday morning, the United States Supreme Court denied former LA County Sheriff Lee...
Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department along with the West Hollywood...
The justice system traditionally uses a simple metric to determine whether an individual continues...
In just two states, Maine and Vermont, people with past felonies can immediately vote upon release...
Starting this year, routine pediatric visits for millions of California children could involve...
Approximately 61 percent of the mental health population locked inside Los Angeles County’s...
It seems that past allegations of abuse notwithstanding, the feds saw VisionQuest as an ideal...
Jackie Lacey’s talk about treatment not cells for the mentally ill is meaningless until she and...
Two days before California’s private prison ban bill, AB 32, took effect on Jan. 1...
As we closed out 2019, we spent some time examining exactly which stories, series, and topics rose...
This has been a full, complicated, and always interesting year in the world of justice in Los...
In an unexpected move, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has named former LASD...
California health officials are gearing up for the launch of a statewide screening effort that aims...
Next Wednesday, California’s new police use-of-force reform bill, a private prison ban, and a...
To provide you with a little extra seasonal joy, here's Ireland's Glen Hansard with some of his...
Between 2000 and 2019, the rate of youth incarceration dropped approximately 60 percent, and...
