Since 1997, a fraud detection program called Project 100% (P100) has subjected San Diego County...
Archive - June 2018
DA’s Office Moves Quickly, Charges Mother & Stepfather for Torture Murder of 10-Year-Old Anthony Avalos
At midday on Friday, the LA District Attorney’s office announced that Kareem Ernesto Leiva...
State-by-State Analysis Shows Confusing & Problematic Rules and Delays Make Compassionate Release a Rarity
While 49 states and D.C. have laws and programs in place that allow for the “compassionate...
LA Sheriffs Arrest Suspect in Death of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos—Amid Conflicting Media Reports, and Many Lingering Questions
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has arrested the boyfriend of the mother of...
Report Urges CA to Dump Private Agencies That Collect on Criminal Justice System-Related Debts
California’s system of criminal fines and fees, and its use of under-regulated private debt...
WitnessLA Wins 2nd Place Prize for Online Investigative Journalism at Sunday’s LA Press Club Awards!
We were very surprised when WitnessLA was awarded 2nd place in the unusually competitive...
#MeToo Behind Bars: Will Proposed $1 Million Settlement on Case of Alleged Sexual Assault of Girl by LA County Juvenile Probation Officer Help Push Department Reform?
Last September, Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officer, Oscar David Calderon Jr., then 33, was...
Will the Death of This Little Boy Drive Up Foster Care Removals In LA County?
EDITOR’S NOTE: The death late last week of Anthony Avalos, a ten-year-old Lancaster boy, is...
Op-Ed: Why America Needs More, Not Fewer, People Seeking Asylum
Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered judges to deny...
$4 Million in CA Budget to Decriminalize Foster Youth in Group Homes
The new 2018-2019 state budget California lawmakers sent to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk...