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#NoSafePlace

LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall

June 5, 2025
Journalism Awards & Prizes

WitnessLA is a finalist for SoCal Journalism Award!

June 1, 2025
#JusticeBriefs • #QuickTakes

The Case of the Vanishing Editor

May 30, 2025
#YouthJusticeReimagined • LA County Probation • LA Probation Oversight Commission • Probation • Unsuitable 4 Youth

Probation Moving Incarcerated Kids Out of “Unsuitable” Juvenile Hall After Court Approval, But Oversight Commission Says Simply Relocating Kids Won’t Solve Root Problems

May 29, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented

Undocumented: The Price of the Promised Land

April 30, 2025
Books & Justice

WLA Editor leading writers panel Saturday at LA Times Festival Books

April 20, 2025
#ResearchAlert • Women and Justice

As SCOTUS contemplates shooting down Roe, a new report shines a light on what reproductive “choice” looks like in the nation’s prisons and jails

December 13, 2021
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During the nearly five decades that Roe v. Wade has been considered to be settled law, the courts...

2022 Race for LA County Sheriff

LASD whistleblower files lawsuit for retaliation. Her husband Eric Strong, candidate for LA County Sheriff, says the attack is personal.

December 7, 2021
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On Tuesday morning, Lt. Sidra Sherrod-Strong, who has been a member of the Los Angeles County...

DJJ Watch

Low staff vax rate, a superspreader event, plus lax enforcement of basic COVID precautions results in a new & dangerous virus outbreak in CA’s youth prisons

December 2, 2021
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The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), California’s youth prison system, is in the midst of...

#GivingNewsDay

Today Is #GivingNewsDay & WitnessLA Needs Your Help!

November 30, 2021
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Today is #GivingTuesday — or #GivingNewsDay as nonprofit newsrooms across America are now...

#YouthJusticeReimagined

How many of the girls & young women in LA county probation’s youth lock-ups really need to be there?

November 30, 2021
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As of November 22, 2021, in Los Angeles County Probation’s youth camps and halls are...

#JusticeBriefs

Oklahoma Governor commutes Julius Jones death sentence a few hours before his execution

November 18, 2021
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A few hours before the execution of Julius Jones was to be carried out today, Oklahoma governor...

#ResearchAlert

Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons are complicated

November 16, 2021
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Early in the pandemic, gun sales in the United States surged, with more than 20% of these purchases...

Veterans

A story of veterans & justice

November 11, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Administration provides disability benefits to veterans with mental...

DJJ Watch

As CA’s youth prisons move toward shutdown, conditions for hundreds of kids still in residence have gotten disturbingly worse

November 10, 2021
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In a new report just released by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, researchers describe...

#JusticeBriefs

The Oath Keepers & law enforcement — including the LA County Sheriff’s Department

November 8, 2021
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In late September of this year, a hacker group announced it had broken into the servers of the...

#JusticeBriefs

The U.S. Supreme Court Has A Qualified Immunity Problem

November 5, 2021
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"The lingering uncertainty that characterizes the right to record will continue to have a chilling...

#JusticeBriefs

Eyewitnesses Report John Grant Experienced Repeated ​‘Full-Body Convulsions’ & Vomited During Execution. Meanwhile, OK Officials Say Execution Carried Out ​‘Without Complication’ — and plan another one

November 1, 2021
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As a witness to the execution...I’ll say this: repeated convulsions and extensive vomiting for...

#JusticeBriefs

Sheriff Villanueva announces that requiring deputies to be vaccinated is a threat to public safety & will create “a pandemic of chaos”

October 29, 2021
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“I can firmly tell you, this mandate will create a pandemic of chaos within our county resulting...

#PregnantBehindBars • Uncategorized

Pregnant Behind Bars, Part Three: When Things Go Wrong During Diversion

October 22, 2021
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Diverting pregnant people from LA County’s jails is a complex process involving many moving parts...

Women and Justice

New report addresses disproportionate number of women and other vulnerable populations in LA County’s jails

October 21, 2021
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Fifty years ago, approximately seventy-five percent of the various county jails around the U.S...

21st Century Policing

Percentage of Women in State Policing Has Stalled Since 2000

October 20, 2021
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“Female officers have to use force, but we have a different perspective and a different way of...

Violence Prevention

Gun violence expert says tackling inequities underlying shootings is key to prevention

October 14, 2021
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To really understand the root of gun violence, Dr. Wintemute says, you have to understand that the...

Native American

How the Criminal Justice System Disproportionately Harms Native American People

October 11, 2021
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On Friday, President Joe Biden officially declared today, October 11, 2021, Indigenous Peoples’...

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