The idea of splitting LA County’s large and complicated probation department into two...
A Generous Exit $$$ Package for Embattled Probation Chief Powers
EXIT PRICE LA County Probation Chief Jerry Powers will be leaving his post as head of the agency on...
DCFS’s $153 Tape Dispensers….and Are the Feds Doing the DA’s Job In Prosecuting Deputy Brutality in LA’s Jails?
WitnessLA is still on a break, but there are a couple of local stories, in this case both of them...
WitnessLA Will Be On Vacation (Mostly) Until January 4
We’re taking a break to work on some stories for the new year—and to decorate trees...
Who Will Lead LA County Probation After Jerry Powers?
WHO’S NEXT? Now that LA County Probation Chief Jerry Powers has officially announced that he...
Embattled LA Probation Chief Jerry Powers Resigns – UPDATED
UPDATE: POWERS RESIGNS, SUPES UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPT RESIGNATION Late Tuesday afternoon, all five...
Jury Finds That Baca Retaliated Against 8 Tanaka Supporters & Awards $$ Punitive Damages
$360,000 IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES AGAINST BACA PERSONALLY Just before 3 pm on Monday, December 15, a...
Custom Realignment Probation in San Luis Obispo, Digging Into the OC Snitch Scandal, Death Row Art, and Prop. 47 Success in San Diego
HOW AB 109ERS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO STAY OUT OF JAIL BY FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR RISK-BASED...
An Epidemic of Questionable Arrests by School Police in San Bernardino County
CRIMINAL HUGS Josue “Josh” Muniz was standing with his girlfriend during the lunch period at in...
Multiple Videos Tell Unfolding Story of Gun-Wielding Father of 3 Shot to Death in Lynwood by LA Sheriff’s Deputies on Saturday Morning
On Saturday at about 10:53 am, Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies at Century Station began...
Agreement Appears to Be Reached for Access to Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Records
WHO GETS ACCESS TO WHAT INFO? It appears that at next Tuesday’s meeting, the Los Angeles...
Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Million$ for Violence Prevention in Oakland, “Black Lives Matter” Is Top 2015 Story…and More
THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN THE TOOLBOX FOR PREVENTING...
Sexual Assault at the Hands of Kern Deputies, Follow-Up on Pasadena Police Reforms, Preschool Suspensions, and Confidential Informants
WOMEN ASSAULTED BY KERN DEPUTIES ARE HUSHED UP WITH SMALL SUMS OF CASH Part three of the...
Mental Health Crisis Center Opens, Taser Training from the LASD, a TX County Overhauls Child Welfare, and the DOJ Investigation of Chicago Police
REOPENED LA URGENT CARE WILL GIVE OFFICERS A PLACE (OTHER THAN JAIL) TO TAKE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM...
Head of LA’s New Office of Child Protection Faces Huge Challenges With Little Authority (But He Can’t Wait to Start) – by Gary Cohn
LA's famously reform-minded juvenile judge takes on foster care...but was he given enough authority...
SF District Attorney Fights Jail Construction Plan, Racist Texts Between Santa Clara Jail Guards, and Helping CA’s Exploited Kids
WITH HELP FROM A STUDY, SF DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCON URGES MORE REHABILITATION SERVICES...
CA Prisons Chief Jeffrey Beard Resigning
HEAD OF CA CORRECTIONS JEFFREY BEARD ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION Secretary of the California Department...
Two Important Juvie Justice Bills, Bail in San Diego, and Kern County Has Deadliest Police in US
BILL TO DRASTICALLY LIMIT THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN CALIFORNIA JUVENILE DETENTION...