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LASD • Los Angeles County Sheriff

Citing Allegations of Misconduct, Retaliation, and Excessive Force, CA Attorney General Announces Civil Rights Investigation Into LASD

January 22, 2021
COVID-19 & Justice

Added to Fears of Getting the Virus, Some Incarcerated People Find COVID-19 Extends Their Prison Sentences

January 21, 2021
Reform at the LA DA's Office

Prosecutors From All Over U.S. Support District Attorney Gascón Against Attempt to Shut Down LA DA’s Promised Justice Reforms

January 20, 2021
Bill Watch

New Bill Seeks to Help Defendants Fight Racial Bias in Convictions and Sentences

January 19, 2021
#BlackLivesMatter

Thinking About Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – A Change Is Gonna Come

January 18, 2021
Youth Justice Reimagined

Groundbreaking Settlement Between LA County & AG Becerra Demands that Kids In LA Lock-Ups Must Be Treated as If they matter

January 15, 2021
Life and Life Only

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and May Joy Visit You Often In the Coming Days

December 25, 2020
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Some music, as is customary, to brighten your holiday hours. This cover of Tom Waits’...

Police

CA Attorney General Reaches Settlement With Kern Sheriff’s Office Over Unconstitutional Policing Practices

December 24, 2020
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In 2016, the California Attorney General’s Office launched an investigation in response media...

Probation • Youth diversion not lock-up

Los Angeles County Supervisors Hire Reform-Minded New Chief to Lead LA’s Still-Troubled Probation Dept.

December 22, 2020
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After much searching, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has reportedly just hired a brand...

Community & Justice • Community Health & Safety • Domestic Violence

Alternatives to Calling the Police for Domestic Violence Survivors

December 21, 2020
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The first time Cat Brooks sought help from the police to deal with her violent husband was also the...

Race & Justice

WitnessLA’s Taylor Walker Awarded Los Angeles Press Club’s First Grant for Reporting on Systemic Racism!

December 19, 2020
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The Los Angeles Press Club just announced the three winners of their first-ever grant for...

LASD

LA Sheriff’s Dept., Accused of Harassing Grieving Families, Needs New Policy, Better Complaint Process, and to Stop Fighting Oversight

December 18, 2020
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In November 2019, community members grieving the loved ones killed during encounters with members...

Sheriff Alex Villanueva

Has LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva Acted Unlawfully? A New Report Says, Yes. He Has. A Bunch of Times, Actually

December 16, 2020
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Among the many examples the report cites are three recent rulings by three different judges who...

Bill Watch

Stricter Requirements for Becoming a Police Officer & Other New CA Justice Bills

December 15, 2020
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As California’s 2021 legislative session kicks off this month, lawmakers are beginning to...

Death Penalty

Child Abuse and the Death Penalty: The Cruel Connection

December 14, 2020
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In the past decade, the U.S. has executed more juvenile offenders than every other nation in the...

Human Rights • Immigration • Women and Justice • Women's Issues

10 Women Detained by ICE File Grievances Against “Uterus Collector” They Say Performed Forced Sterilizations

December 11, 2020
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On Thursday, ten women filed medical grievances against a gynecologist at a U.S. Immigration and...

COVID-19 & Justice

States Halt Jury Trials Again, Leaving Many Defendants in Jail

December 9, 2020
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By: Jenni Bergal, Stateline With the latest wave of COVID-19 sweeping through the country, many...

COVID-19 & Justice • Juvenile Justice: Healing Not Punishment • Youth Justice Reimagined

More Than 58 Percent of Kids in LA County’s Juvenile Halls Quarantined for COVID-19 Exposure, as High Numbers of Staff Continue to Test Positive

December 8, 2020
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For most of December, the number of youth in quarantine due to their exposure to someone with...

CDCR & COVID-19

California Prisons Still Slammed by Coronavirus, Report 1,445 New Cases in Three Days, Hitting Record High

December 7, 2020
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More than eight months into the coronavirus crisis, California’s prison system is full of...

Death Penalty

As Trump & Barr Rush To Execute People, More Than 90 Prosecutors & Law Enforcement Leaders Across the U.S. Say STOP!

December 6, 2020
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"When we choose death, it is irreversible: we can never go back and overturn a wrongful conviction...

Youth Justice Reimagined

Should 14-and-15-Year-old Kids be tried as Adults? New LA DA Gascón says No, as a Case That Could Permanently Decide the Question Goes to CA Supremes

December 2, 2020
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On Tuesday, December 1, the California Supreme Court heard a much-watched case having to do with...

#GivingNewsDay

Today Is #GivingNewsDay & WitnessLA Needs Your Help!

December 1, 2020
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Today is #GivingTuesday — or #GivingNewsDay as nonprofit newsrooms across America are now...

Community & Justice • Parole Policy • Probation

Community Supervision Is Overused, Overly Punitive, and Fuels Mass Incarceration, Justice Leaders Say

December 1, 2020
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Approximately 4.4 million (or 1 out of every 58) adults were on probation or parole in the United...

Dispatches from San Quentin

Testing Negative in San Quentin

November 30, 2020
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“I’m required to take the test every week or be disciplined with a 115 (a rules violation) for...

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