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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
Children and Adolescents • Public Assistance • Public Health

Motivating Foster Care Kids to College

July 8, 2009
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Every year around 5,000 kids are emancipated from California’s foster care system. ...

American Artists • American Voices

Music and Grace

July 7, 2009
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California Budget • State Government • State Politics

LA Townhall Meeting to Push for a Constitutional Convention

July 7, 2009
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Although there have been certain thoughtful people warning against the idea, the push for a...

Criminal Justice • LASD

Conflicting Stories in OIS Case in Compton

July 7, 2009
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A sixteen-year-old was shot and killed in Compton on Sunday by a Los Angeles sheriff’s...

Economy • Prison • Prison Policy

Bernie Shops For Prisons

July 7, 2009
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I tried to ignore this story yesterday, I really did. But find that I can’t do it. According...

Social Justice • Social Justice Shorts

Monday’s Social Justice Shorts

July 6, 2009
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THE INCARCERATION GENERATION According to federal data, on any given day 1.5 million American...

American Artists • American Voices • Free Speech • Freedom of Information • Life and Life Only

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Me we each renew our commitment to our best aspirations...

City Attorney • City Government • LAPD

Could the City Attorney Keep an Eye On the LAPD?

July 3, 2009
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When newly elected City Attorney Carmen Trutanich was sworn in on Wednesday, one of the more...

California Budget • Economy • Environment

Closing the CA State Parks: 3 Reasons Why It Won’t Happen

July 2, 2009
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The now familiar tango continues in the California state capitol in which the governor threatens...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • FBI • Gangs • LAPD

The Arrest of Alex Sanchez: Part 3 – The Bail Hearing

July 1, 2009
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Yesterday, Los Angeles gang intervention leader Alex Sanchez had his bail hearing at the US...

Children and Adolescents • Juvenile Justice • Psychology

1 in 7 American Teenagers Think They’ll Die Young

June 30, 2009
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In a brand new study published in the July issue of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota pediatrics...

Economy • Prison • Prison Policy

Got State Budget Problems? Hey, Just Cut Inmate Food.

June 29, 2009
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For the last month, reports have been drifting in that various states have been trimming their...

American Artists • Arts • Media

Michael Jackson: the News Insanity & the Beauty

June 28, 2009
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Michael Jackson – Black Or White (Official Music Video) – Watch more funny videos...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • FBI • Gangs • LAUSD

The Arrest of Alex Sanchez – Part 2

June 25, 2009
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I am still in Washington DC. (I was at Bennington College going through the last ten days of my MFA...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • FBI • Gangs • LAUSD

Alex Sanchez Arrested: Dear FBI, WTF???! – UPDATED

June 24, 2009
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NOTE: FOR UPDATES, scroll down My friend, Alex Sanchez, the executive director of Homies Unidos...

Civil Liberties • Courts • Obama • Supreme Court

Forgive Them, William Osborne

June 19, 2009
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No saint, but where’s the harm in a DNA test? Anyone with a trace of commonsense and...

Life and Life Only • Writers and Writing

Blog Weirdness…. All is Fixed

June 17, 2009
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For those of you who might have had the unfortunate experience of logging into WitnessLA today...

Future of Journalism • Government • Transportation

Calling on Arianna and Co. to Do Their Part for California

June 17, 2009
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Where’s Sacramento? Who cares? You’d find better ideas for solving the budget mess on...

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