Today, Friday, the Citizen’s Committee on Jail Violence—CCJV— will meet at 10 am...
BOOK LOVERS ALERT: Come to the West Hollywood Book Fair Sunday!
It used to be that the LA Times Festival of Books was the only game in town, but in the 11 years...
HEARTBREAKING DEATH OF A SOUTH LA TEEN, WHY PROP 30 MAY BE AN EDUCATION SAFEGUARD, AND BEARS!
LA TEENAGER GUNNED DOWN IN A CASE OF PROBABLE MISTAKEN IDENTITY Patrick Caruthers, a well-liked...
New ACLU Report Shows Unnecessary and “Alarming” Use of Head Strikes….And the Grand Jury Subpoenas Roll In for LASD
ACLU CORRECTIONS EXPERT SAYS CJ DEPUTIES USE OF HEAD STRIKES “ALARMING” AND UNNECESSARY...
New ACLU Jails Report Released Later Today, LA City Controller Laura Chick’s Fiery Blast at Carmen Trutanich…and More
ACLU TO RELEASE CRITICAL JAILS REPORT LATER THIS MORNING—CHECK BACK SOON Ahead of this...
Sheriff Baca’s Racked Up Absences from LA During Jails Scandal, Flawed Civilian Oversight of LASD, Automatic Arrest-Tracking Software…and More
SHERIFF BACA’S WELL-TIMED AND FREQUENT TRIPS AWAY FROM LOS ANGELES As we look toward the...
The Outrageous Costs of Inmate Calls to Families….Conservative Voices Call for Jerry to Sign SB9….and More
A PUSH TO REIN IN THE HIGH COST OF INMATE CALLS Because of the type of reporting I do, for over two...
Last Call for Gov. to Sign Juvie LWOP Bill SB9, a Death at Guantanamo Bay, and Progress on Safe-Guarding LGBT Prisoners
ADVOCATES’ FINAL PUSH FOR GOV. BROWN TO PASS SB9 SB9 advocates are making one last push to...
LASD Use Cameras to Reduce False Identifications, Federal Court Weighs in on DNA Sampling, and the Full Cost of Money Bail
LASD DEPUTIES SNAP PHOTOS TO HELP PREVENT MISTAKEN IDENTIFICATION Under a new program, certain LASD...
As Commission Report Looms, Baca Pronounces LA Jails Force Policy “Best in the Nation”
LA IS NUMBER ONE! While we await the final report by the Citizen’s Commission on Jail...
LAPD Chief Opposes Blind Lineups, 13-Year-Old Charged with Murder to be Tried as an Adult…and More
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT ON LAPD CHIEF BECK’S DISTASTE FOR BLIND LINEUPS According to the...
DN (Almost) Calls for Baca Resignation, Debt Collection Companies Use Misleading Scare Tactics, and a Compelling Case for Clemency
REACTIONS TO THE LATEST JAILS COMMISSION HEARING In the wake of the findings presented at the most...
New CA SHU Policies, LA Officials and Experts Work Toward Zero Tolerance Alternatives…and More
NEW POLICIES FOR CALIFORNIA PRISONS’ ISOLATION UNITS GET BOTH YEA’ED AND NAY’ED...
The High Cost of Punishing Kids For “Willful Defiance” – by Matthew Fleischer
California schools suspend more kids than they graduate—a bleak fact that policy makers have...
WitnessLA is on vacation today due to tech-related matters beyond our immediate control
I just arrived in West Glacier, MT, where the mountains and rivers are gorgeous but the Internet...
Families Locked Out of Juvenile Justice Process, High School Sports Participation Reduces Suspensions and Serious Crime…and More
INCLUDE FAMILIES IN JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCESS, SAYS REPORT Justice for Families released a report...
Jails Commission Findings Say Baca Ignored and Tanaka Tacitly Encouraged a Troubling Culture of Violence in LA’s Jails
At last Friday’s hearing for the Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence—the final time the...
News Conference Addresses Issues Raised by Alesia Thomas Death, Family Reunification Week…and More
LA COUNTY SUPERVISOR RIDLEY-THOMAS CALLS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH NEW CONCERNS ABOUT ALESIA THOMAS...