In San Francisco, at least 35 percent of people booked into jail identify as homeless, according to...
Following a Coalition-Led Rally, LA County Supes Vote to Explore Providing DCFS-Involved Parents With Pre-Petition (and Pre-Removal) Legal Aid and Resources to Keep Families Together
On Tuesday, May 17, the 40-organization Reimagine Child Safety Coalition rallied outside the LA...
Trying to Help Survivors, a Domestic Violence Agency Shifts the Focus
by Claudia Boyd-Barrett Janna Rivas smiled at the three men on the computer screen in front of...
A look at the six main challengers for the office of Los Angeles County Sheriff
Now that most Los Angeles County residents have received their ballots for the June primary...
Report Details Sudden Rise in LA County’s Reliance on Ankle Monitors for People Awaiting Trial
Criminal justice systems increasingly rely on ankle monitors, despite the burden their use places...
Info coming about the challenger candidates for LA County Sheriff, plus a look at all those would-be judges on the ballot…
Due to our nonprofit status, WitnessLA is forbidden to make political endorsements. However, while...
4th LASD whistleblower talks, & what she & her documents have to say contradicts Sheriff Villanueva’s account of his actions re: the head-kneeling deputy cover-up
As of Wednesday, May 11, a fourth whistleblower from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
Close to 2/3 of Americans feel “angry & fearful” about the near certainty of Roe being overturned; meanwhile more states shield against rogue abortion prosecutions
On Monday morning, CBS released a poll looking at how Americans view the newly-looming specter that...
Schools Would Have More Discretion, No Longer Be Required to Report Certain Student Behavior to Police Under CA Bill
A new bill from Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) seeks to reduce the criminalization of students...
State Audit Examines Bias Within the LASD, Other CA Police Agencies
A new state-level audit of five police agencies in California, including the Los Angeles County...
A third lawsuit brought by LASD whistleblower shoots more giant holes in the sheriff’s tale of his actions re: the head-kneeling deputy, & also describes career-wrecking retaliation, plus racism coming from the top
New LASD eyewitness Luana Haselrig speaks Attorney Vincent Miller has just released the third in...
I Survived Teen Dating Violence. Here’s How We Can Prevent It
by Angela Kim This is the second in a series of essays by survivors of domestic violence in...
Dangerous Games: The human cost of Alex Villanueva’s obstruction of the case of the head-kneeling deputy…and other questionable actions of the LA County Sheriff
The daily dramas created by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva continue. We’ll...
Bills for Crime Victims Gather Support
On Friday, April 29, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his support for seven bills...
A new lawsuit brought by an eyewitness whistleblower shoots giant holes in Villanueva’s story about the incident of the head-kneeling deputy—plus lots more in the way of alleged corruption by LA County’s sheriff
This morning, attorney Vincent Miller released the second complaint in a series of civil rights...
LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva & the matter of threatening journalists
As most readers likely know by now, yesterday, Tuesday April 26, the ever more beleaguered (and...
Opinion – Corrections Departments Must Establish a Pathway to Rehabilitation
By Steve Brooks, Prison Journalism Project For a quarter of a century, I have been waking up...
Supes Vote to Permanently Fund Program to Help the Families of People Who Die in Jail or Who Are Killed by Law Enforcement
On Tuesday, April 19, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to continue...