by Jane Ellen Stevenson of Aces Too High News “Gannett launches a network-wide push to rework its...
LA County Office of Education votes to yank the charter of much-needed new boarding school for county’s most vulnerable kids
Last year the Los Angeles County Office of Education Board approved the charter for a brand new...
Op-Ed: 5 issues that could affect the future of campus police, in CA and across the U.S.
By John J Sloan, III Since the May 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police...
LA County Board of Supes approves $187.7 million spending package to advance the county’s “care first, jails last” vision
At the Tuesday August 10, meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the board...
Shining a bright light on the powerful “Black Box” of Prosecutorial Discretion
Prosecutors have more discretion than courts, legislators, or any other justice system player. ...
When COVID froze prison visits, it put a spotlight on the unconscionably high cost of phone calls in the nation’s lock-ups
by Lindsey Van Ness of Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts Before the...
How a private company has become one of the most powerful voices pushing against police reform, especially of use-of-force standards.
There is a great deal of discretion involved with the practice of policing — a fact that has...
Fired: Latest news on California bill aiming to decertify police for serious misconduct
California is one of only four states without the power to permanently remove law enforcement...
“Where am I going to go?” The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an epidemic of domestic violence. It’s not over yet.
For Lydia, 40, of southeast Los Angeles County, there was nothing safe about staying at home during...
LA County Supes pass aggressive new motion to protect grieving survivor families from law enforcement harassment & retaliation.
A growing number of LA residents with family members who were fatally shot by sheriff's deputies...
This is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US, until age 18. (CA is one of the few states that offers them legal help.)
A record number of child migrants have arrived alone at the United States’ southern border this...
A new report and a remarkable new radio series point to deeply troubling issues inside LA County’s foster care system
A new report, shows that 58 percent of all Black children in the County of Los Angles live through...
The Art of Building Exits: How Diversion Programs address the devastating effects of mass incarceration, & why not all such programs are created equal
The landscape of diversion is vast, and the design and implementation of each program matters.
Despite continuing declines in youth incarceration, disparity between Black & white kids in youth lock-ups remains disturbingly high, says new report
For the the last quarter century, the overrepresentation of Black Americans in the nation’s...
Are Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s “criminal investigations” of so-called adversaries chilling oversight of the LASD? A report says yes.
An alarming new report was introduced during the last few minutes of the virtual meeting of the...
Low-Income People of Color Bear Brunt of Rising Pedestrian Deaths (including in Los Angeles)
Los Angeles traffic took a giant dive in 2020, But traffic violence and deaths on LA's streets did...
No Safe Place: When LA County Probation officials got reports that a staff member sexually assaulted a teenager, why did they fail to protect her?
In mid April, 2019, a teenage girl who was a resident at LA County Probation's Central Juvenile...
Nationwide, the death penalty continues to decline despite the former president’s execution spree
As WitnessLA readers know, last week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland instituted a...