On January 30, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors received a new five-year plan for...
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A tale of dangerous jails & why WitnessLA needs your help before midnight tonight!
Almost every day we get calls from people locked up in the nation’s largest jail...
LA County Supervisors Call for More Data Collection, Staff Searches, and Treatment Programs to Stop Jail Overdose Deaths
On Tuesday, December 19, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion aimed at...
Head strikes in LA County Jail & the power of independent journalism
On August 14, 2023, WitnessLA filed a motion to unseal six sealed exhibits containing six jail...
New Laws Part 2: Governor Signs and Vetoes Policing Bills
In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed — and vetoed — the last of hundreds of...
Thoughts from an eyewitness to the vindictive & retaliatory regime of Alex Villanueva
When Villanueava reached out to me, I agreed to come on board with the understanding that I would...
Suspect is arrested as members of Palmdale Sheriff’s Station & many more continue to grieve for murdered deputy
"Yesterday, on Sept. 16, 2023, Palmdale Station lost one of our own,” begins Sunday's posting on...
A Fight Over Funding Alternatives to Incarceration While the LA County Jails’ Death Toll Continues to Rise
On Tuesday, September 12, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to set aside $88...
LA’s dangerous and abuse-ridden Men’s Central Jail sees three more deaths in a single week
WitnessLA gets calls from people inside of Los Angeles County’s jail system on a semi-regular...
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas – Part 3: government prosecutors want a 6-year prison sentence
The U.S. Government believes that Mark Ridley-Thomas, the former state senator, former assemblyman...