With an overall juvenile justice budget of $156 million, Alameda County spends approximately...
Community & Justice
LA County Supes Poised to Ask Voters to Lock-in County Funds for Community Investments and Alternatives to Incarceration
Last week, on July 21, LA County’s Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of moving forward...
WitnessLA on KCRW’s “Greater LA” With Steve Chiotakis Talking About The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
WitnessLA was on KCRW’s GreaterLA with host Steve Chiotakis on Monday, June 29, to talk with...
Op-Ed: It’s Time To Rethink Policing & Systems of Care. Social Work Can Lead by Example If We Face Our Own Historical Shortcomings
Social workers can make their stand known that we support community efforts to transform, rather...
LA County Leaders Answer Demands for a Reimagined 911 and Other Systemic Changes
In the weeks following the start of widespread protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Brionna...
How a City Known for High Crime Rates and Racial Tensions Kept Its Protests Non-Violent — Pointing the Way for the Rest of the Nation
For far too long in this country, if you say "public safety," people say "police" because they...