In the last few weeks, Americans have watched COVID numbers rise alarmingly as the Omicron variant...
Op-Ed: Meaningful police reform in California starts with training
New Little Hoover Commission report focuses on five ways to improve law enforcement training in...
Pregnant Behind Bars, Part Five: Looking to the Future
At the beginning of this five-part series, we looked at the statistics and history of incarcerating...
Happy Nearly 2022!… And a Request From WitnessLA
Before we leave 2021 behind, we want to quickly remind you of a few of the stories that made up...
Human rights and safety violations reported at two healthcare facilities in California’s prison system
WitnessLA has learned that what are described as “gross safety violations” regarding vaccine...
Thinking of Joan Didion: Dec. 5, 1934 – Dec. 23, 2021
I noticed I was kind of hugging the book, as a child might a stuffed animal, as if the physical...
Pregnant Behind Bars, Part Four: The Mothers
This is the fourth part of WitnessLA’s five-part series about Los Angeles County’s special...
California tries a new approach for domestic violence survivors who are afraid to call the police
The last time Liz Zambrano’s ex-husband tried to hurt her, she knew she somehow had to get...
No Permit, No Problem: Still More States Allow Residents to Carry a Hidden Gun.
“We have a human right to self-defense,” said gun rights advocate Nik Clark. “To say that you...
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
During the nearly five decades that Roe v. Wade has been considered to be settled law, the courts...
LASD whistleblower files lawsuit for retaliation. Her husband Eric Strong, candidate for LA County Sheriff, says the attack is personal.
On Tuesday morning, Lt. Sidra Sherrod-Strong, who has been a member of the Los Angeles County...
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
The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), California’s youth prison system, is in the midst of...
Today Is #GivingNewsDay & WitnessLA Needs Your Help!
Today is #GivingTuesday — or #GivingNewsDay as nonprofit newsrooms across America are now...
How many of the girls & young women in LA county probation’s youth lock-ups really need to be there?
As of November 22, 2021, in Los Angeles County Probation’s youth camps and halls are...
Oklahoma Governor commutes Julius Jones death sentence a few hours before his execution
A few hours before the execution of Julius Jones was to be carried out today, Oklahoma governor...
Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons are complicated
Early in the pandemic, gun sales in the United States surged, with more than 20% of these purchases...
A story of veterans & justice
The U.S. Department of Veterans Administration provides disability benefits to veterans with mental...
As CA’s youth prisons move toward shutdown, conditions for hundreds of kids still in residence have gotten disturbingly worse
In a new report just released by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, researchers describe...