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Bill Watch

Fired: Latest news on California bill aiming to decertify police for serious misconduct

August 1, 2021
Domestic & Relationship Violence - the nation's internal war zone

“Where am I going to go?” The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an epidemic of domestic violence. It’s not over yet.

July 29, 2021
LASD

LA County Supes pass aggressive new motion to protect grieving survivor families from law enforcement harassment & retaliation.

July 28, 2021
Immigration & Justice

This is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US, until age 18. (CA is one of the few states that offers them legal help.)

July 26, 2021
Foster Care

A new report and a remarkable new radio series point to deeply troubling issues inside LA County’s foster care system

July 23, 2021
Diversion

The Art of Building Exits: How Diversion Programs address the devastating effects of mass incarceration, & why not all such programs are created equal

July 21, 2021
Bill Watch

Fired: Latest news on California bill aiming to decertify police for serious misconduct

WLA Guest
August 1, 2021
Written by WLA Guest

 California is one of only four states without the power to permanently remove law enforcement officers from their jobs. Democrat lawmakers are trying to change that.

Domestic & Relationship Violence - the nation's internal war zone

“Where am I going to go?” The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an epidemic of domestic violence. It’s not over yet.

July 29, 2021

For Lydia, 40, of southeast Los Angeles County, there was nothing safe about staying at home during...

LASD

LA County Supes pass aggressive new motion to protect grieving survivor families from law enforcement harassment & retaliation.

July 28, 2021

A growing number of LA residents with family members who were fatally shot by sheriff's deputies...

Immigration & Justice

This is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US, until age 18. (CA is one of the few states that offers them legal help.)

July 26, 2021

A record number of child migrants have arrived alone at the United States’ southern border this...

Foster Care

A new report and a remarkable new radio series point to deeply troubling issues inside LA County’s foster care system

July 23, 2021

A new report, shows that 72 percent of all Black children in the County of Los Angles live through...

Diversion

The Art of Building Exits: How Diversion Programs address the devastating effects of mass incarceration, & why not all such programs are created equal

July 21, 2021
1 Comment

The landscape of diversion is vast, and the design and implementation of each program matters.

Race & Justice

Despite continuing declines in youth incarceration, disparity between Black & white kids in youth lock-ups remains disturbingly high, says new report

July 19, 2021

For the the last quarter century, the overrepresentation of Black Americans in the nation’s...

Sheriff Alex Villanueva

Are Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s “criminal investigations” of so-called adversaries chilling oversight of the LASD? A report says yes.

July 15, 2021

An alarming new report was introduced during the last few minutes of the virtual meeting of the...

#SafetyIssues

Low-Income People of Color Bear Brunt of Rising Pedestrian Deaths (including in Los Angeles)

July 12, 2021

Los Angeles traffic took a giant dive in 2020, But traffic violence and deaths on LA's streets did...

#MeToo Behind Bars

When LA County Probation Officials Got Repeated Reports that a Staff Member Sexually Assaulted A Teenager, Why Did They Do Nothing?

July 8, 2021
7 Comments

In mid April, 2019, a teenage girl who was a resident at LA County Probation's Central Juvenile...

Death Penalty

Nationwide, the death penalty continues to decline despite the former president’s execution spree

July 6, 2021

As WitnessLA readers know, last week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland  instituted a...

#MeToo Behind Bars

Watch for an important new #MeToo Behind Bars story later this week

July 6, 2021

We have a new and disturbing story coming on Thursday of this week that is part of...

Life and Life Only

Happy 4th of July, 2021

July 4, 2021

We wish you a joy-filled 4th of July as we honor that day in the summer of 1776 when the remarkable...

Death Penalty

US Attorney General Merrick Garland places a moratorium on scheduling federal executions

July 1, 2021

On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Attorney General Merrick...

Women and Justice

Troubling Rise in Jail Deaths Nationally, While U.S. Jail Population Becomes More Female

June 29, 2021

In a new report by the Prison Policy Initiative, research analyst Leah Wang, points to recently...

Sheriff Alex Villanueva

Do Threats, Extortion, & Ongoing Failure-to-Cooperate Make Civilian Oversight of the LA Sheriff’s Department Completely Impossible?

June 28, 2021

"The list of lawful orders that the sheriff has disobeyed gets longer every day," said a very...

Sentencing Reform

The U.S. Supremes will decide whether or not to hear three significant cases having to do with sentencing reform

June 27, 2021

Sunday, Douglas A. Berman at Sentencing, Law, and Policy reminded those of us who are watching...

Indigenous rights

How Federal policy has failed to protect Indigenous women

June 21, 2021

U.S. attorneys prosecuted about 60% of crimes reported on Indian reservations; 65% of the cases...

Race & Justice

Happy Juneteenth!

June 19, 2021

On this first Juneteenth since it officially became a federal holiday, we chose the irreplaceable...

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