On Tuesday, May 2, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to...
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After Months of Uncertainty and Rising Jail Numbers, LA’s Office of Diversion and Reentry Gets Funding for 750 More Beds
For the past year and a half, the Los Angeles County Office of Diversion and Reentry’s housing...
LA’s dangerous and abuse-ridden Men’s Central Jail sees three more deaths in a single week
WitnessLA gets calls from people inside of Los Angeles County’s jail system on a semi-regular...
Deadly LA Jails and Inconclusive Autopsies
A new report says the coroner's office is misrepresenting the causes of deaths inside LA's jails.
LA County Supervisors Pass Diluted Motion to Expand ODR With No Set Deadline
On Tuesday, June 28, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of a motion meant to expand...
LA County Motion Aimed at Expanding Diversion Is Gutted, Then Put on Hold
On Tuesday, June 14, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to consider a motion...
Pregnant Behind Bars, Part Three: When Things Go Wrong During Diversion
Diverting pregnant people from LA County’s jails is a complex process involving many moving parts...
New report addresses disproportionate number of women and other vulnerable populations in LA County’s jails
Fifty years ago, approximately seventy-five percent of the various county jails around the U.S...
LA County Leaders Agree to Expand Community Care for People Declared Unfit to Stand Trial
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to expand reentry programs...
Will County Leaders Accept State Funding to Divert More People Declared Incompetent to Stand Trial From LA’s Jails?
Los Angeles County currently has the opportunity to take two substantial pots of funding from the...