At Tuesday’s board meeting, several of the LA County Supervisors surprised many observers by...
Supes Will Address Jail Planning & Building Options—But Is It Too Soon?
I’m in the middle of working on another project today, so just one quick bit of news on...
Jails Commission Anonymity, Warrentless Tracking & Juvenile LWOP
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES CAN’T BE GUARANTEED CONFIDENTIALITY IN JAILS COMMISSION...
In an Era of Library Cutbacks, LA County Opens a New Library—in Topanga
The prevailing mood was utter giddiness when the brand new 11,293 square foot LA County library...
Good bye, Darling Etta
There isn’t a song she sang, that she didn’t own. But it was when she recorded this...
LASD INVESTIGATIONS: Dangerous Jails, Part 4: INTERNAL AFFAIRS – by Matt Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: The article below is another in WitnessLA’s LASD INVESTIGATIONS/Dangerous Jails...
So Cal ACLU Files Big Federal Law Suit Against Sheriff’s Dept. for Jails Violence
On Wednesday morning, The ACLU of Southern California filed a federal class action suit against...
STOP SOPA (and PIPA)
While WitnessLA didn’t go dark on Wednesday for the SOPA blackout (too much jails stuff...
ACLU Report Coming Out Today, So Dangerous Jails Waits ’till Friday
A big ACLU press conference on the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the LA County Jails...
Burrito Deputy’s Academy Problems the Tip o’ Iceberg According to 2007 Report
Much has been made about the fact that L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Henry Marin, who is...
Sheriff Baca Disses Prominent LASD Retiree, Bob Olmsted
A few days ago, Sheriff Lee Baca gave an interview to the Finish-American publication based in Los...
The Push for Clemency for Former Radical Judy Clark….and Related Topics
The cover story in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine is a profile of Judy Clark, one of a...
Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Accepting $20 Grand in Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Men’s Central Jail
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was charged today, Friday, with agreeing to accept...
Dangerous Jails – Part 4 – Coming Early Next Week (Really.)
{CLICK TO ENLARGE] Early next week we’ll post the much-promised next installment of Matt...
Arresting Alex Sanchez: Part 10 – Judge Manual Real is Removed
On Wednesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made the surprising decision to remove ...
The Lifelong Price of a Felony Conviction—& the Cost to the Rest of Us
For vast numbers of Americans who have been convicted of a felony, the punishment has no end...
Bad Prosecutors, Bad Pardons, Bad Law…& More
SCOTUS REVERSES MURDER 1995 CONVICTION OF NEW ORLEANS MAN—ANOTHER CASE OF BAD PROSECUTOR...
Molina Lobs the G-Word at Baca, Accusations of Evidence Tampering & More LASD News
To be exact, Supervisor Gloria Molina tossed two G-words in Sheriff Baca’s direction during...