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California Governor’s Opening Salvo: Scrapping Its Juvenile Justice System
California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to “end the juvenile justice system as we know it” on...
2 Months Bring 3 Tragic Shooting Deaths of California Peace Officers
California and its law enforcement agencies have taken a string of extremely painful blows in the...
Justice Spending in the Budget, Plus Gov. Newsom Says the Juvenile Justice System Will Move From Corrections Dept. to Health and Human Services
California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed the first iteration of his $209 billion budget for...
55 Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Officials Sign Statement Supporting St. Louis’ Prosecutor’s “Brady List”
On Wednesday, 55 current and former prosecutors and law enforcement officials signed a statement in...
In 7 Years, the LASD Jailed 173,000 Women at a Cost of $752 Million
Between 2010 and 2016, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department booked 173,023 women into...
Is LA County’s Mira Loma Women’s Jail Project Dead? And Did the New Sheriff Help Kill It?
It’s not yet a done deal, but absent some kind of dramatic intervention, it appears that the...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Sticks and Stones
Editor’s Note: As many readers are aware, WitnessLA has been publishing a series of...
CA Supremes Shut Down Deputies’ Union’s Attempt to Block New Transparency Law
On Wednesday, January 2, the California Supreme Court shut down a San Bernardino Sheriff’s...
Counting Prison Inmates Differently Could Shift Political Power to Cities
By Tim Henderson More states plan to count state prisoners as residents of their home communities...