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Bill Watch • Uncategorized

Policing Bills to Watch This Legislative Season

April 1, 2023
#ThePowerOf Prosecutors

In a mixed & confusing verdict, jury finds Mark Ridley-Thomas guilty of 7 of the 19 charges in corruption trial, which could mean a lengthy prison term

March 30, 2023
Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

New York’s mandatory reporter training wants to have it both ways. That’s an improvement.

March 29, 2023
Break the Poverty Cycle

Can Cash Payments Improve the Health of Pregnant People and Children?

March 27, 2023
#NoSafePlace

CA’s Chief Probation Officers call for immediate limited court receivership for LA County’s youth facilities

March 23, 2023
#CommissionerAtLarge

How the failure to apply the state’s legal guidelines has resulted in unnecessary detentions in the county’s unsafe youth lock-ups

March 20, 2023
Justice Watch

Lack of Rural Lawyers Leaves Much of America Without Support, including some California counties

February 8, 2023
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California, with 168,000 lawyers – the second-most of any state – also has seven counties with...

Open Vallejo

Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings

February 6, 2023
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For a generation, a secretive clique within the Vallejo Police Department has commemorated fatal...

LAUSD • School Discipline Reform • School to Prison Pipeline

New Community-Led Report Calls for LA School Police to Be Replaced With Holistic Care and Community Engagement

February 4, 2023
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Money should be spent caring for kids, not criminalizing them, according to the Police Free LAUSD...

#InsideJob • #MeTooBehindBars

INSIDE JOB: PREA turns 20 this year, and it urgently needs fixing

January 30, 2023
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On December 8, 2022, a jury convicted the former warden of the Federal Correctional...

Race & Justice

Tyre Nichols: The anger & sorrow continues

January 29, 2023
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"Along with mourning Tyre and supporting his family, it’s up to all of us to mobilize for lasting...

Jail

The Human Toll of Jail – Eight Essays

January 28, 2023
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In 2016, the Vera Institute of Justice published The Human Toll of Jail, a series of essays written...

Domestic & Relationship Violence - the nation's internal war zone

Financial Abuse Is Common. Now There Are Protections For Survivors

January 26, 2023
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Research suggests financial abuse occurs in 99 percent of domestic violence cases.

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

Op-ed: California should be treating gun violence as a public health crisis

January 25, 2023
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Community leaders believe gun violence should be treated as a public health crisis, and incorporate...

Gun Violence

Monterey Park & Half Moon Bay: Thoughts of Shock, Grief, Fury, & Trauma

January 24, 2023
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We'll go back to our regular reporting with our next story. But, in the meantime, here is a quick...

Gun Violence

The motive of the Lunar New Year shooter whose actions left 11 dead in a Monterey Park dance hall remains unknown

January 22, 2023
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Here’s what we know of the devastating mass shooting that took place in Monterey Park over...

Police

San Francisco Police Commission Moves to Reduce Racially Biased Traffic Stops

January 17, 2023
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SF bans police from pulling people over for low-level traffic infractions.

#Justice

A few thoughts as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 16, 2023
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Among the thoughts posted on Twitter about how best to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this stood...

#YouthJusticeReimagined • Uncategorized

Battling fentanyl inside LA County’s youth lock-ups

January 12, 2023
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NARCAN, for those who may have forgotten, is a medication that, if administered quickly enough, can...

Prison Policy • Women and Justice • Women's Issues

Pregnant People Say Arizona Prisons Forced Them Into Early Labor

January 9, 2023
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Arizona prison medical providers are inducing labor without consent, mothers report.

Coroners

The Official Who Investigates Suspicious Deaths in Your Town May Be a Doctor — Or Not

January 5, 2023
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“There are some really egregious conflicts of interest that can arise with coroners.”

Women and Justice • Women's Issues

For Many Rural Californians Abortion Isn’t Accessible, a problem that is particularly difficult for those experiencing domestic violence.

January 3, 2023
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As Megan wound through the Sierra Nevada mountains, she thought about all the women who might never...

WLA

Seven 2023 investigations, stories & series your (TRIPLED) $$ will support if you donate to WitnessLA before midnight, 12/31

December 30, 2022
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Dear WitnessLA readers, Happy (nearly) New Year! You have until midnight, December 31, 2022...

Clemency

Governor Newsom Grants 10 Holiday Pardons

December 29, 2022
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Governor Gavin Newsom issues ten pardons for decades-old convictions.

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