In an effort to divert the pipeline of mentally ill people funneled into Los Angeles County jails...
The Release of Adnan Khan, Criminal Justice Reform & Supporting Victims—Does It Have To Be a Zero-Sum Equation?
Rebecca Weiker, is the Program Director for Re:store Justice, and knows Adnan Khan well. But...
Former Sheriff’s Deputy Convicted for Lying About Beating of LA Jail Visitor & Why It’s a Big Deal
Looked at from a distance, convicting LA County sheriff's deputy Byron Dredd of lying to FBI...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Filmmaker/Writer/Activist Adnan Khan Becomes First Person Re-sentenced After Change in Felony Murder Rule
On Friday morning, January 18, Judge Laurel Brady re-sentenced 34-year-old Adnan Khan, dropping his...
Recollections of Traveling With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
To honor Dr King, here are some recollections expressed earlier this month by some of those who...
Bill Would Dump Sentence Enhancement for Prior Felonies
A bill announced Wednesday would abolish a mandatory sentence enhancement affecting approximately...
As The New York Times Condemns “Crack Baby” Journalism, the Orange County Register Revives It.
As 2018 turned to 2019, The New York Times published two stunning editorials with profound...
Chronic Shortage Of Deputies At LA Sheriff’s Department Forces City of Lancaster To Form It’s Own “Hybrid” Police Force
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is unable to fulfill its policing contract with...
Urban Sheriffs Flee ICE Program as Small Counties Join Trump’s Deportation Push
By Tim Henderson, Stateline Activists in North Carolina’s two largest cities, Charlotte and...
California Governor’s Opening Salvo: Scrapping Its Juvenile Justice System
California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to “end the juvenile justice system as we know it” on...
2 Months Bring 3 Tragic Shooting Deaths of California Peace Officers
California and its law enforcement agencies have taken a string of extremely painful blows in the...
Justice Spending in the Budget, Plus Gov. Newsom Says the Juvenile Justice System Will Move From Corrections Dept. to Health and Human Services
California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed the first iteration of his $209 billion budget for...
55 Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Officials Sign Statement Supporting St. Louis’ Prosecutor’s “Brady List”
On Wednesday, 55 current and former prosecutors and law enforcement officials signed a statement in...
In 7 Years, the LASD Jailed 173,000 Women at a Cost of $752 Million
Between 2010 and 2016, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department booked 173,023 women into...
Is LA County’s Mira Loma Women’s Jail Project Dead? And Did the New Sheriff Help Kill It?
It’s not yet a done deal, but absent some kind of dramatic intervention, it appears that the...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Sticks and Stones
Editor’s Note: As many readers are aware, WitnessLA has been publishing a series of...
CA Supremes Shut Down Deputies’ Union’s Attempt to Block New Transparency Law
On Wednesday, January 2, the California Supreme Court shut down a San Bernardino Sheriff’s...
Counting Prison Inmates Differently Could Shift Political Power to Cities
By Tim Henderson More states plan to count state prisoners as residents of their home communities...