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Op-Ed: The Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas Is Not a Joke: Representative Democracy Is at Stake

October 9, 2026
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WitnessLA Comes to Substack

October 7, 2026
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A quick look at how SCOTUS ruled in favor of Democracy, then our nation went to war, and the president threatened the Supremes

March 18, 2026
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Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
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Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
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The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors • LGBTQ • Prison

Two Extra Years to Ease California Prison Overcrowding, More Than a Child Welfare Czar, and DOJ Sez: Equal Rights for Same-Sex Couples

February 11, 2014
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JUDGES GRANT GOV. BROWN TWO MORE YEARS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATION On Monday, the federal...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff John Scott • Sheriff Lee Baca

On Which Way LA? With Warren Olney Tonight at 7 pm

February 10, 2014
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I’ll be on Which Way LA? tonight at 7 pm on KCRW, 89.9 talking about what these most recent...

ACLU • District Attorney • FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County • Probation • Realignment • Reentry • Sheriff Lee Baca

Latest Fed Indictment of LASD Deputies Suggests Big Failures of Leadership

February 10, 2014
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On the morning of April 16, 2012, Paulino Juarez testified in front of the Citizens Commission on...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • U.S. Attorney

Two More LASD Deputies Indicted Friday Morning

February 7, 2014
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On Friday morning, US Attorney Andre Birotte announced that two more members of the Los Angeles...

Board of Supervisors • Jail • LAPD • LAPPL • LGBTQ • Orange County • Realignment

OC Supervisors Block Plan to Release and Monitor Low-Risk Felons…Officers Who Shot at Women in Dorner Hunt to Return to Work…California Judges May Be Prohibited from Boy Scout Affiliation

February 7, 2014
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ORANGE COUNTY SUPES REJECT SHERIFF’S PLAN TO ELECTRONICALLY MONITOR SOME LOW-LEVEL FELONS The...

LASD • Sheriff John Scott

New LA Sheriff Scott Takes On the LASD’s Infamous Smoking Patio

February 6, 2014
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On Wednesday afternoon, an executive aide to LA County’s brand new sheriff John Scott sent...

Human Rights • Juvenile Justice • Prison • Probation • Reentry • U.S. Attorney

Convictions in Coast Guard Killing, Probationers Jailed for Inability to Pay for Supervision, Admissions Blocked at New Stockton Prison, and Jobs for Justice-Involved Kids

February 6, 2014
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US ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES CONVICTIONS IN DEATH OF CALIFORNIA COAST GUARD Chief Petty Officer Terrell...

ACLU • CDCR • DCFS • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • Homeboy Industries • LA County Board of Supervisors • Realignment • Reentry • Rehabilitation

Potential Partnership Between LA County and Homeboy Industries…Supes Address Foster Care Commission Recommendations…ACLU Sues California for Disenfranchising Probationers…and More

February 5, 2014
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LA SUPES TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP WTIH HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES The LA County Board of Supervisors agreed...

CDCR • Gangs • LASD • Prison • PTSD • Reentry • Trauma

PTSD Epidemic in Violent Neighborhoods, New California Rules Regarding Prisoners with Gang Ties…and More

February 4, 2014
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POPULATIONS OF UNDIAGNOSED, UNTREATED VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA LIVING IN HIGH-CRIME...

Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • Prison • Reentry • Sheriff Lee Baca

New Sheriff Halts Civilian Deputy Program, the Plight of LA’s Juvenile Indigent Defense, Entrepreneurial Education for Prisoners, and the Loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman

February 3, 2014
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INTERIM SHERIFF SCOTT SUSPENDS CONTROVERSIAL FIELD DEPUTY PROGRAM Interim Sheriff John Scott...

CDCR • Jail • LASD • Prison • Realignment • Reentry • Rehabilitation • Sheriff Lee Baca

Interim Sheriff John Scott is Sworn In as Baca Steps Down…ABC7 Investigates LA Field Deputy’s Duties…and California Prisons Can Learn from San Francisco Jails

January 31, 2014
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INTERIM LA SHERIFF JOHN SCOTT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE Two hours after (now former) Sheriff Lee...

Child Sexual Abuse • Juvenile Justice • Obama • Restorative Justice • Sentencing • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Juvenile Justice Roundup: California Suspension & Expulsion Rates Fall, San Francisco School Nixes Zero-Tolerance, Help for Trafficked Girls at an Alameda County Courthouse…and More

January 30, 2014
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SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION RATES DROP IN CALIFORNIA In California, suspensions were down 14% and...

LASD • Los Angeles County • Sheriff Lee Baca

OC’s John Scott Named Interim Sheriff—& So Far the News Seems Good

January 29, 2014
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THE NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN IS OC’S JOHN SCOTT On Tuesday after much speculation, a couple of...

American Artists • American Voices • Children and Adolescents • Courts • DCFS • Foster Care • Life and Life Only • Race • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Goodnight Pete Seeger….We’ll See You in Our Dreams….& Other News

January 29, 2014
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WITH LOVE & GRATITUDE TO PETE SEEGER, AMERICA’S JOY-FILLED AND FEROCIOUS MUSICAL...

Juvenile Justice • LAPD • LASD • Prison • Reentry • Restorative Justice • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Seventeen States Projected to Lower Prison Pop. and Save Billions…San Francisco Draws the Line on Police Involvement in Schools…and LAPD-Learned Lessons for Reforming the LASD

January 28, 2014
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COST-CUTTING, PRISON POPULATION-REDUCING STRATEGY SEES SUCCESS ACROSS 17 STATES A study released...

Gangs • Homeboy Industries • Jail • LASD • Obama • Sentencing • Sheriff Lee Baca • Uncategorized • War on Drugs

Homeboy Needs Funding to Continue Crucial Services…Cams in LA Jails a Success…More LASD Indictments?…and Drug Sentencing Reform and the State of the Union

January 27, 2014
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HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES FORESEES MORE LAYOFFS WITHOUT DESPERATELY NEEDED FUNDING Of late, it has become...

CDCR • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • LASD • Law Enforcement • Paul Tanaka • Prison

New DOJ Report on Inmate Sexual Abuse, Gov. Brown Files Prison Overcrowding Proposal, and LASD Sheriff Contender Stories

January 24, 2014
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US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES A...

2014 Election • DCFS • Foster Care • LA County Jail • LASD

Sheriff’s Race: A Candidate Has a Plan…Who’s the Interim?… A New Child Safety Czar for LA’s Foster Kids?

January 23, 2014
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SHERIFF’S HOPEFUL BOB OLMSTED HAS A PLAN On Wednesday morning, as TV cameras rolled, retired...

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