Witnessla gets calls from sources inside LA County’s jail system. for a variety of reasons. They...
New LA County Program Helps Unhoused People Resolve Legal Problems Blocking Access to Housing
On March 21, the LA County Public Defender’s Office officially launched the Community Outreach...
Why does LASD Lt. Eric Strong—now LA County Probation’s Chief of Safety & Security—appear to keep breaking the law?
When last year Los Angeles County Sheriff’s lieutenant Eric Strong was loaned to LA County...
Four People Exonerated After Decades in Prison for Wrongful Murder Convictions
Four men who lost nearly 80 years to imprisonment combined after being wrongfully convicted of...
No parole for youth with life sentences, California Supreme Court rules
By Nigel Duara, CalMatters The California Supreme Court today upheld limits on when young people...
New CA Justice Bills for 2024
In the first two months of 2024, California lawmakers have introduced new noteworthy criminal...
A last minute look at the 11 people who hope to unseat LA DA George Gascón
As we race toward the March 5, 2024, primary election, let’s take one more quick look at the...
My Mom Helped Me Think Bigger Than Prison. Soon, I’ll Graduate College
So many African American women have given me hope and influenced what I want my future to look...
Police Solving Fewer Crimes Despite Increased Spending, Says New Report
Over the past three decades, clearance rates for serious crimes have dropped by 41 percent in...
Unsuitable: State oversight commission pronounces LA County’s two juvenile halls as unsuitable for youth residence, as two more kids overdose on fentanyl
At or around 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, after many hours of discussion, plus a string of...
Will Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall be declared “unsuitable” for youth?
On February 15, the members of The California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) will...
Vallejo police may swap stars for shields amid badge-bending scandal
Editor’s note The story below is another in WLA’s series presenting the remarkable...
A New 5-Year Plan for Closing Men’s Central Jail
On January 30, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors received a new five-year plan for...
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 9 – Filing With the 9th Circuit
On Thursday, January 25, the team of five appellate attorneys who are now representing Mark...
Punishing Families Part 3: It Starts With a Phone Call
Mandated reporting laws have led to a flood of calls to report suspected child abuse and neglect...
LASD whistleblower takes her case to trial, while Villanueva testifies that deputy gangs don’t exist, & Sheriff Luna says there’s a new deputy gang
Wednesday, civil rights attorney, Alan Romero presented closing arguments in the whistleblower...
Saturday Forum Featuring DA Candidates & a Reconstruction of the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas
This past Saturday, January 13, 2024, the 32-year-old organization known as the Empowerment...
8 LA probation staff removed from duty for overseeing “fight clubs,” as probation chief outsources internal affairs investigations
So, why have 8 probation staff members been removed from duty? It appears that the employees were...