In juvenile facilities across California, youth impacted by gangs are labeled with prison gang terms. For approximately four years, I have worked as a gang interventionist and consultant, and a gang expert in court cases. I was...
As most readers know, on Friday morning, Oct 4, Mayor Karen Bass announced her selection of former...
by Yenni Rivera “I understand, take your time.” That was a text I sent to my...
The “crisis” facing Foster Family Agencies is an opportunity for real reform Recent...
It’s been almost exactly a month since, on August 15, 2024, LASD Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez...
Passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, AB 2527, the “Dignified Care of Incarcerated...
Social isolation is a common side-effect of domestic violence, and loneliness is one of the most...
by Lynn Addington, Professor, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, American...
Two new reports from The Sentencing Project reveal that while the number of kids in juvenile...
LASD Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez wanted to be a cop ever since she was a kid. “I grew up in a bad...
The case of Mark Ridley-Thomas is due to be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in November...
The LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to remove barriers to family...
by Ali Mosely, Prison Journalism Project More than three dozen men who completed San...
On December 9, 2013, slightly more than a decade from today, the The U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Volunteers for the 2024 census of unhoused people in Los Angeles County counted 3,718 youth ages...
Below, WitnessLA has lightly excerpted three essays you might want to check out as we make our...
A recent column in the Los Angeles Times presents a peculiar theory about social problems: If a...
Late on Friday afternoon, June 28, Los Angeles County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa caused a...
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to ensure that the...
