More than a decade ago, during the corruption-riddled past of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
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A total of 4 prison staff members have been charged with sexual abuse in a northern CA federal lock-up
This week James Theodore Highhouse, a corrections worker and chaplain, working at FCA Dublin, a...
A call to reform solitary confinement in our nation’s federal prisons
Warehousing COVID sick inmates in solitary means that those who report symptoms are unjustifiably...
As COVID Spikes in CA’s Adult Prisons, COVID cases now triple in youth prisons.
This week we reported on the ongoing COVID spike inside California’s prison facilities, where...
On Monday, Spike in COVID numbers in CA’s prisons produces 2375 new cases, with 1625 of those new cases located in 5 state lock-ups. Two days later the spike went still higher to 3232 with COVID.
In the last few weeks, Americans have watched COVID numbers rise alarmingly as the Omicron variant...
Op-Ed: Meaningful police reform in California starts with training
New Little Hoover Commission report focuses on five ways to improve law enforcement training in...
Pregnant Behind Bars, Part Five: Looking to the Future
At the beginning of this five-part series, we looked at the statistics and history of incarcerating...
Happy Nearly 2022!… And a Request From WitnessLA
Before we leave 2021 behind, we want to quickly remind you of a few of the stories that made up...
Human rights and safety violations reported at two healthcare facilities in California’s prison system
WitnessLA has learned that what are described as “gross safety violations” regarding vaccine...
Thinking of Joan Didion: Dec. 5, 1934 – Dec. 23, 2021
I noticed I was kind of hugging the book, as a child might a stuffed animal, as if the physical...