At the beginning of this five-part series, we looked at the statistics and history of incarcerating...
Archive - December 2021
Happy Nearly 2022!… And a Request From WitnessLA
Before we leave 2021 behind, we want to quickly remind you of a few of the stories that made up...
Human rights and safety violations reported at two healthcare facilities in California’s prison system
WitnessLA has learned that what are described as “gross safety violations” regarding vaccine...
Thinking of Joan Didion: Dec. 5, 1934 – Dec. 23, 2021
I noticed I was kind of hugging the book, as a child might a stuffed animal, as if the physical...
Pregnant Behind Bars, Part Four: The Mothers
This is the fourth part of WitnessLA’s five-part series about Los Angeles County’s special...
California tries a new approach for domestic violence survivors who are afraid to call the police
The last time Liz Zambrano’s ex-husband tried to hurt her, she knew she somehow had to get...
No Permit, No Problem: Still More States Allow Residents to Carry a Hidden Gun.
“We have a human right to self-defense,” said gun rights advocate Nik Clark. “To say that you...
As SCOTUS contemplates shooting down Roe, a new report shines a light on what reproductive “choice” looks like in the nation’s prisons and jails
During the nearly five decades that Roe v. Wade has been considered to be settled law, the courts...
LASD whistleblower files lawsuit for retaliation. Her husband Eric Strong, candidate for LA County Sheriff, says the attack is personal.
On Tuesday morning, Lt. Sidra Sherrod-Strong, who has been a member of the Los Angeles County...
Low staff vax rate, a superspreader event, plus lax enforcement of basic COVID precautions results in a new & dangerous virus outbreak in CA’s youth prisons
The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), California’s youth prison system, is in the midst of...