On Monday afternoon, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a Black man after...
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LA County Supes Poised to Make Permanent Sheriff’s Ban on Transferring People Jails to ICE Absent a Judicial Warrant
On April 24, LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced a moratorium on holding and transferring...
Facing the Inferno, Part 4: A New Lawsuit Says LA County Probation Ignored Judge’s Order & Failed to Protect 14-Year-old Boy From Long & Vicious Assault During 2019 Fire Evacuation
According to a new civil rights lawsuit, in October 2019, Los Angeles County Probation was again...
Four Prosecutors Fight to “Cure the Conflict” Created by Police Unions Funding DA Campaigns
In Los Angeles and other large jurisdictions, deep-pocketed police unions use their spending power...
New Report Says LA County’s Deputy Gangs Promote a “secretive, violent, us-against-them” police culture
A new rigorously researched report takes a deep look at the corrosive effects that deputy gangs...
LA County Supes Poised to Ask Voters to Lock-in County Funds for Community Investments and Alternatives to Incarceration
Last week, on July 21, LA County’s Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of moving forward...
The Executioners: Does a Violent Deputy Gang Rule LA County’s Compton Station?
In a new legal claim, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy describes how the Compton Sheriff’s...
WitnessLA Is a Finalist for Two Southern California Journalism Awards
While no one is exactly sure how, where, and when the physical awards will be presented this year...
LA County Supes Order Plan for Closing Men’s Central Jail Within a Year
In August 2019, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors made the historic decision to cancel a...
Defunding 2020: Yes, the LA County Supes Cut $145.5 Million from the LA Sheriff’s Budget & $49.1 million from Probation, Then They Killed the Probation Oversight Commission. (Unless…)
At Monday's Board of Supervisors meeting, prior to the vote on Los Angeles County's 2020-21...