As California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) prepares to leave office at the end of the year, the last round...
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Gov. Brown Decides the Fate of a Pile of Criminal Justice Bills Just Before the Final Legislative Deadline
Over the weekend, Governor Brown took his signing (and vetoing) pen to the last chunk of more than...
CDCR Will Have to Send Annual Reports on Suicide Prevention to CA Legislature Under New Law
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has long struggled to prevent...
Former Inmates Push U.S. Senators to Pass Controversial, Trump-Supported Prison Reform Bill
On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 5682, the prison reform bill more commonly...
Bill Roundup—Round 2
On Wednesday, WLA posted a list of noteworthy bills signed into law by California Governor Jerry...
Criminal Justice Bill Roundup, Curfew Laws, Discrimination Lawsuit on Behalf of Kern County Kids of Color, and More
A CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: PROP 47 EXTENSION, VOTING WITH A FELONY...
WLA’s Editor Wins “Online Journalist of the Year” at SoCal Journalism Awards(!)…LASD Civilian Oversight…Costly Prison Phone Calls…and More
WLA’S EDITOR TAKES HOME SOCAL JOURNALISM AWARD I am very happy to report that WitnessLA’s...
The LASD Latest, the Problem with Plea Bargains, and New Sentences Under CA’s Fair Sentencing for Youth Act
ADVICE FOR THE FUTURE LASD INTERIM SHERIFF…AND MORE One of the next big questions, following...
Bill for Youths with Adult Sentences, Baca’s Rehabilitation Credit Bill, Couple Shot by LASD Awarded $4.1 Mil…and More
BILL WOULD GIVE MANY CALIFORNIA JUVENILES SENTENCED AS ADULTS FOR MURDER A SECOND CHANCE SB 260, a...
Baca, Tanaka, and Olmsted…Inmate Phone Rates Cut…Students & Leaders Champion School Discipline Bill, and the LA Police Commission’s New Faces
“PALACE BLOODBATH” TO COME? On Thursday morning former undersheriff Paul Tanaka...