A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE PRISON-OVERCROWDING TUNNEL? On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown sounded hopeful...
Violence Prevention
Calif. Wellness 2013 Peace Prize Winners….& A 2008 Case of LA Jail Ultra-Violence Goes to Trial
CALIFORNIA WELLNESS PEACE PRIZE WINNERS TALK ABOUT TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE Every year the California...
The Frightened Kid Who Writes Poetry & the Shooter….New CA Prison Hunger Strike Begins …& Crime As a Political Football
A few years ago, a veteran homicide detective from the Los Angeles Police Department talked to me...
Supremes & the Voting Rights Act…Kids Witnessing Violence…And More
THE SUPREME COURT COULD STRIKE DOWN PART OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT The U.S. Supreme court will hear...
CA Prisons Letting Some Prisoners out of Solitary…..George Will on Solitary as Torture… Denver Schools Attempt to Break “School to Prison Pipeline”….
As more and more civil rights organizations and some lawmakers, push for a reexamination of prison...
Five Months at Harper High School in Chicago—With 29 Kids Shot at & 8 Dead
EDITOR’S NOTE: WitnessLA is taking Monday off. We’ll be back to our regular reporting...