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#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
#LACountyJusticeReimagined

A controversial prosecution, a series of threats, & the struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nations largest sheriff’s department – Part 2

April 9, 2025
Juvenile Probation • LA County Probation • Probation

LA County Supes Order “Transparency in Planning During Probation’s Ongoing Crisis”

April 5, 2025
#LACountyJusticeReimagined

A controversial prosecution, a series of threats, & the struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department – Part 1

March 31, 2025
LA County Probation • LA Probation Oversight Commission • Probation • Reimagining Youth Justice & Child Welfare

LA County Probation Presents “Global Plan” for Housing Youth in Halls and Camps

March 15, 2025
Domestic & Relationship Violence - the nation's internal war zone

The Catharsis of Accountability: My Healing Journey

September 24, 2024
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by Yenni Rivera “I understand, take your time.”  That was a text I sent to my...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

Don’t shield private foster care agencies from accountability for abuse

September 20, 2024
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The “crisis” facing Foster Family Agencies is an opportunity for real reform Recent...

#TheWhistleblower

The WhistleBlower, LASD Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez, Part 2

September 14, 2024
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It’s been almost exactly a month since, on August 15, 2024, LASD Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez...

Bill Watch • CDCR • Women and Justice

Community Groups Withdraw Support for Bill After Amendment Authorizes Solitary Confinement of Pregnant People

September 3, 2024
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Passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, AB 2527, the “Dignified Care of Incarcerated...

Domestic & Relationship Violence - the nation's internal war zone

How Healing Circles Can Help Create Stronger Communities

August 29, 2024
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Social isolation is a common side-effect of domestic violence, and loneliness is one of the most...

Domestic & Relationship Violence - the nation's internal war zone

In domestic violence cases, police are more likely to make arrests when pets are abused, too

August 26, 2024
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by Lynn Addington, Professor, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, American...

#JusticeBriefs • Juvenile Justice

National Trends in Youth Incarceration and Extreme Sentences

August 20, 2024
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Two new reports from The Sentencing Project reveal that while the number of kids in juvenile...

#TheWhistleblower

Rosa Gonzalez, the Whistleblower – Part 1

August 14, 2024
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LASD Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez wanted to be a cop ever since she was a kid. “I grew up in a bad...

#SeekingJustice

Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Chapter 11 – the Supremes

August 8, 2024
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The case of Mark Ridley-Thomas is due to be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in November...

DCFS • Foster Care • Incarceration • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail

Removing Barriers to Family Reunification in LA County

August 3, 2024
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The LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to remove barriers to family...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

At San Quentin A Graduation Ceremony Celebrates Aspiring Journalists

July 26, 2024
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by Ali Mosely, Prison Journalism Project More than three dozen men who completed San...

Dangerous Jails

Is it time for the feds to investigate wrongdoing in the LA County’s jails—again?

July 19, 2024
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On December 9, 2013, slightly more than a decade from today, the The U.S. Attorney’s Office...

Foster Care • Homelessness • Youth Homelessness

LA County Supervisors Seek Better Access to Subsidized Housing for Foster Youth Aging Out of the System

July 16, 2024
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Volunteers for the 2024 census of unhoused people in Los Angeles County counted 3,718 youth ages...

#2024Election

Thoughts amid these unsettling days

July 15, 2024
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Below, WitnessLA has lightly excerpted three essays you might want to check out as we make our...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

LA Times Op-Ed engages in child welfare fear mongering, but this time, politicians may not be falling for it

July 8, 2024
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A recent column in the Los Angeles Times presents a peculiar theory about social problems: If a...

#NoSafePlace

13 people vanish from Probation’s leadership. So will it help?

June 30, 2024
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Late on Friday afternoon, June 28, Los Angeles County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa caused a...

Care First Jails Last • Jail • Jail Reform • Juvenile Justice • Juvenile Probation • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • Reimagining Youth Justice & Child Welfare

Supes Say No More Dehumanizing Rationing of Menstrual Products in LA Jails and Youth Facilities

June 28, 2024
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to ensure that the...

Journalism Awards & Prizes

WitnessLA wins first prize for child welfare series at LA Press Club Awards!!!

June 24, 2024
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We are delighted to report that, on Sunday, June 23, at the SoCal Journalism Awards put on by the...

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