Several dozen probation officers cheered in support of an individual who called black and Latino...
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Op-ED: 1872 Law Gives Police a License to Kill
By Dan Walters, CALmatters Penal Code Section 196, enacted in 1872 when California was the...
California Must Double-down On Prison Rehabilitation
During my stay in maximum security prisons, my cellmate and I would put quotes, definitions and...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Young, Earnest and Criminalized
Editor’s Note: This essay, by James King is one of a series of essays WitnessLA is...
The Orange County Register Replies to Richard Wexler’s Op Ed about “Crack Baby Journalism”
Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, child welfare expert Richard Wexler wrote an Op-Ed...
The Release of Adnan Khan, Criminal Justice Reform & Supporting Victims—Does It Have To Be a Zero-Sum Equation?
Rebecca Weiker, is the Program Director for Re:store Justice, and knows Adnan Khan well. But...