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WitnessLA a finalist for Non-Profit News Award!
Every year the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) selects the winners of the INN Nonprofit News...
WitnessLA wins two 1st prize trophies at this year’s Los Angeles Press Club Awards!
On Saturday night, June 25, the LA Press Club announced the winners of its Southern California...
LA County Motion Aimed at Expanding Diversion Is Gutted, Then Put on Hold
On Tuesday, June 14, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to consider a motion...
WitnessLA is finalist for two SoCal Journalism Awards!
At WitnessLA we are very happy to learn that our work has made it into the finals in two categories...
Planned Office of Diversion and Reentry Expansion Not Enough to Bring LA County Into Compliance With Federal Lawsuits, Says ACLU
On Tuesday, May 2, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to...
Ridding our nation’s prisons of solitary confinement is far harder than it should be: Part 1 of a 3-part series
“Segregation, isolation, lockdown, Supermax, the hole, Secure Housing Unit," said the UN expert...
After Months of Uncertainty and Rising Jail Numbers, LA’s Office of Diversion and Reentry Gets Funding for 750 More Beds
For the past year and a half, the Los Angeles County Office of Diversion and Reentry’s housing...
“Unconscionable” Jail Conditions Spur LA County Supervisors to Explore Building Locked Mental Health Facilities
On Tuesday, September 13, after hearing about persistent, inhumane conditions at Los Angeles...