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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year
WitnessLA’s posting will be lighter until 2019 rings in. Then we’ll be back in full...
Stepping Into 2019 With New Criminal Justice Reforms
Trump and Congress Take a “First Step” to Reduce Mass Incarceration On Friday, December...
LA County Commits to Expand Arts Investment for Justice-Involved Kids
LA supervisors see this Arts Justice Fund grant as an opportunity to expand the overall arts...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Parenting From Prison
This video is part of a series of essays and videos WitnessLA is publishing that are written and/or...
Getting Body Cams ASAP, Getting ICE Out of Jails—and Other Campaign Promises Made by New LA County Sheriff Villanueva
“If I’m elected, on day one, we’re going to set an entirely new course for the...
LA Supervisors Point to Soaring Use of Pepper Spray As Symptom that County’s Juvenile Halls Are Not Safe
On December 11, last Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas read an urgent new...
Op-Ed – Looking to Oakland for Gun Violence Reduction Strategies That Work
My Turn: What Oakland Can Teach California About Gun Violence Prevention By Reygan Cunningham and...
Two Databases Filled With the DNA of Innocent People Face Uncertain Fate
In 2009, California ramped up its DNA collection operation, requiring samples from every person...
LA County Supes Vote to Keep Pregnant Teens Out of Lockup
In February 2018, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to look at ways to better support...
San Francisco Police Have Bizarre & Unhelpful Habit of Reporting 89 Percent of their Youth Arrests As Non-Specific Offenses
San Francisco police fail to specify charges in nearly 90 percent of youth arrests in 2017 by Mike...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Racial Politics in CA’s Prisons, Part 1
Editor’s Note: This essay, by James King is one of a series of essays WitnessLA is publishing...
Cutting in-Person Jail Visits Doesn’t Keep Contraband Out, Says the Prison Policy Initiative
On Monday, December 3, at San Quentin State Prison, 53-year-old Herminio Serna, a death row inmate...
Motion Would Boost Investment in LA County’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative to $1 Million
Next Tuesday, December 11, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion to...
Clearing a Road to Permanency and Stability for LA County Foster Youth — UPDATED
On December 4, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed two motions to improve...
LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Sworn In At Upbeat Community Celebration Amid Outbreaks of Concern and Lots of Hope
“This entire county is at a crossroad,” said newly elected Los Angeles County Sheriff...
WitnessLA on Spectrum News Tuesday A.M. Talking About Newly Sworn In Sheriff Alex Villanueva
As you may or may not know, Spectrum Networks, the hyper-local cable news operation of Charter...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Can Humanity Break Through Where Empathy Is Disallowed?
Editor’s Note: This essay, by Adnan Khan is one of a series of essays WitnessLA will...