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...
Update On the Fate of LA Juvenile Probation’s Sports Program, GOP Platform Calls for More Inmate Rehabilitation…and More
LA SUPERVISORS DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF CAMP KILPATRICK’S SPORTS PROGRAM There are concerns that...
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 5 – Revisiting the Testimony of Undersheriff Paul Tanaka
Tanaka’s testimony may not have provided the commission members with the answers they hoped to...
The Push to Make PTSD a Qualifier for OR Medical Marijuana, the Dangers of Being a Confidential Informant in the War on Drugs…and More
VETERANS’ PTSD NOT YET A QUALIFIER FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE Right now, Oregon veterans...
Fed Subpoena May Pertain to Tanaka “Work the Gray” Incident, a Well-liked LAPD Deputy Chief Retires, & More on Solitary Confinement
ARE THE FEDS EXAMINING ONE OF THE UNDERSHERIFF’S INMFAMOUS “WORK THE GRAY”...
The Right Stuff: Neil Armstrong R.I.P. 1930 – 2012
He was shy, a geeky engineer type who had none of the charisma of, say, John Glenn, the all...
Why Won’t Lee Baca Release All the Records on LA’s Costly Participation in “Secure Communities?”
THE MYSTERY OF SHERIFF LEE BACA’S STUBBORN SECRECY AROUND LA’S COSTLY SECURE...