“Art saved my life.” These days my friend Fabian Deborah says those words in front of...
Texas Governor Calls for Law Enforcement Supporters to Wear Blue
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked supporters to wear blue Friday as a way to honor Harris County Deputy...
2015 Crime Spikes
TOO SOON TO TELL WHAT’S BEHIND HIGHER CRIME RATES AND WHETHER WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE...
Landmark Settlement on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons
“Today is a historic day,” said Jules Lobel, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights...
The LA Jail Construction Re-Vote
LA COUNTY SUPERVISORS VOTE, THIS TIME LEGALLY, ON A REPLACEMENT FOR MEN’S CENTRAL JAIL On...
Report Recommends Continuing Effective Women’s Diversion Court in LA
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...