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...
Final Jail Commission Meeting Friday & Office of Independent Review Releases 10th Annual Report
LAST JAIL COMMISSION MEETING ON FRIDAY AT 9:15 AM—NEXT UP, THE COMMISSIONS REPORT IN...
Democrats and Republicans on Criminal Justice Policy, CA Corrections Spending Vs. Higher Education…and More
THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC COMPARISON ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY While the Democratic and...
It Turns Out the Skid Row Homeless Have 4th Amendment Rights Too….and More
9TH CIRCUIT PANEL SEZ THE LAPD CANNOT SNATCH AND TRASH PROPERTY OF LA’S HOMELESS Okay, yes...
New LA Partnership to Leave Zero Tolerance Behind, African American Activist Says There’s More to Alesia Thomas Story…and More
LA OFFICIALS TEAM UP TO REFORM SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICY LAPD, LAUSD, LA County Probation, and city...
The NY Times on CA’s Trust Act, the Fiscal Incentives for ICE Enforcement….the MacDonald Murders… and More
THE NY TIMES SAYS JERRY BROWN SHOULD SIGN THE CALIFORNIA TRUST ACT The Trust Act is one of the...
LA Co. Juvie Probation Camp Raises Education Bar, Santa Clara Sheriff Urges Gov. Jerry to Sign TRUST Act, and LAPD Chief Beck Addresses Use of Force Problems
LA COUNTY’S LARGEST YOUTH PROBATION CAMP SEES MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ON FORMERLY APPALLING...
Will Gov. Jerry Cave to Political Pressure & Veto SB9, the Juvie LWOP Bill?
Is Jerry Brown really considering vetoing SB9, the bill that would give some of those sentenced as...