PUBLIC HEALTH DEPT. SAYS RENEW FUNDING FOR WOMEN’S RE-ENTRY COURT, WHICH LOWERS RECIDIVISM...
WitnessLA is Going on Vacation This Week—-Sort Of
We’re taking this week off—or mostly off. We’ll still post a mini-story or two...
Recalculating the Size of the Men’s Central Jail Replacement – UPDATED
By Taylor Walker and Celeste Fremon. IF THE LA SUPES WANT A SMALLER JAIL, THEY MUST AUTHORIZE...
Youth Solitary Bill Shot Down in Last Committee… LA to Push for Harsher Penalties for Buyers of Child Sex…..Analyzing LA’s Crime Rise
CALIFORNIA BILL TO CURTAIL USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR KID GETS SHOT DOWN IN LAST...
When Relatives Take in Out-of County Foster Kids, the Bureaucratic Snafus Double – by Melinda Clemmons
EDITOR’S NOTE: Earlier this month, we co-produced a story with The Chronicle of Social Change...
The Lost Boys, the Roanoke Shooting, Lawsuits Against LASD Members, San Bernardino DA’s Office Swears in Two K-9s
UNDOCUMENTED BOYS AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM A CA bill would protect juvenile justice system-involved...
Money for Diversion, Solitary Confinement Pt. 3, Video of LASD Lakewood Shooting, and Rehabilitating Locked-Up Women
LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPES, PROBATION DEPARTMENT CLASH OVER FUNDING FOR DIVERSION PROGRAM On...
“Evolution of a Criminal,” Solitary Confinement Pt. 2, LAPD Community Guardians, and the Beneficiaries of Prop 47
Darius Clark Monroe was a 16-year-old honors student in Texas until he robbed a bank with a shotgun...
‘Roid Rage With a Badge: Is Anabolic Steroid Use a Problem for Cops?
Could steroid use by cops cause officers to escalate in encounters with suspects, when deescalation...
Trauma Lawsuit Against Compton School District, Drugging Foster Kids, the Brown Act-violating Jail Vote, and California’s New Resident Wolves
FIRST HEARING LANDMARK LAWSUIT AGAINST COMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER PUNISHING TRAUMATIZED KIDS...
Harm-Focused Policing, LAPD Training and Retraining, the Mayor of New Orleans, and Tom Carey’s Guilty Plea
WEIGHING THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT CRIMES ON COMMUNITIES TO BETTER FOCUS POLICE ENERGY AND...
LA Jail Building Vote Rescheduled So Supes Can Take a NEW new Vote, This Time Legally….Veterans Help Each Other Heal in Prison……Does a NY Prison Have a “Beat Up Squad?”…Education in Prison Saves $$$ – UPDATED
CHASTENED SUPES RESCHEDULE VOTE FOR LA’S MUCH DISCUSSED (AND OFTEN VOTED ON) BIG BUCKS JAIL...
Does CA Have to Send So Many Foster Kids “Out-of-County?” by Daniel Heimpel
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story by Daniel Heimpel about a former foster child named Heather...
LA Jail Plan to be Reconsidered….Rebuilding Jordan Downs….and Bail
LAST WEEK’S LA COUNTY JAIL PLAN VOTE APPEARS TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT The LA...
The Commish: How a Former Gangster Became an LA County Probation Commissioner…and a Savvy Advocate for Locked-Up Kids.
When Sal Martinez, whose full name is Azael “Sal” Martinez Sonoquí, was sworn in on August 9...
Paul Tanaka’s Attorneys Ask Feds to Give Former Sheriff Lee Baca Immunity to Testify….& Execs Charged with Skimming $$ From Group Home for LA Foster Kids
As the ongoing drama of the obstruction of Justice indictments against former members of the Los...
Brawl at LA Foster Care’s Controversial Youth Welcome Center is Caught on Video, Supervisor Wants Action
A “TRAGEDY WATING TO HAPPEN?” Staff members say that LA County’s Department of...
Watts Riots 50th Anniversary News Roundup….Are Crime Rates Really Rising?….and Coroner’s Inquests
JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS, ACTIVISTS, AND RESIDENTS REMEMBER THE WATTS RIOTS As America marks the 50th...