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Despite continuing declines in youth incarceration, disparity between Black & white kids in youth lock-ups remains disturbingly high, says new report
For the the last quarter century, the overrepresentation of Black Americans in the nation’s...
Are Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s “criminal investigations” of so-called adversaries chilling oversight of the LASD? A report says yes.
An alarming new report was introduced during the last few minutes of the virtual meeting of the...
Low-Income People of Color Bear Brunt of Rising Pedestrian Deaths (including in Los Angeles)
Los Angeles traffic took a giant dive in 2020, But traffic violence and deaths on LA's streets did...
No Safe Place: When LA County Probation officials got reports that a staff member sexually assaulted a teenager, why did they fail to protect her?
In mid April, 2019, a teenage girl who was a resident at LA County Probation's Central Juvenile...
Nationwide, the death penalty continues to decline despite the former president’s execution spree
As WitnessLA readers know, last week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland instituted a...
Watch for an important new #MeToo Behind Bars story later this week
We have a new and disturbing story coming on Thursday of this week that is part of...
Happy 4th of July, 2021
We wish you a joy-filled 4th of July as we honor that day in the summer of 1776 when the remarkable...
US Attorney General Merrick Garland places a moratorium on scheduling federal executions
On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Attorney General Merrick...
Troubling Rise in Jail Deaths Nationally, While U.S. Jail Population Becomes More Female
In a new report by the Prison Policy Initiative, research analyst Leah Wang, points to recently...