In 2023, 5.6 million individuals were booked into U.S. jails. Because approximately 1.2 million of those people — more than ...

On December 5, 2024, attorney/journalist Harry Litman explained in his newly launched Substack column why he couldn’t work ...

sat in a tiny, crowded cell at the San Francisco County Jail, contemplating how I had ended up there.

For much of the world, today is Giving Tuesday. In the world of non-profit journalism, however, Dec. 3 is Giving Newsday — a once-a-year opportunity to support nonprofit news organizations like ...

On December 5, 2024, attorney/journalist Harry Litman explained in his newly launched Substack ...

I sat in a tiny, crowded cell at the San Francisco County Jail, contemplating how I had ended up there. This was not supposed to happen to someone like me — a successful businessman from a ...

WitnessLA believes that a lively and diverse community of commenters makes a news site a much richer and more valuable place for all concerned. But, as the site’s ...

A newly released national survey of crime survivors suggests that their needs and desires do not align with “tough on crime” laws and policies. According to the survey conducted by the Alliance for ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District has long had its own police department, which, like other law enforcement agencies, has faced community pushback over their trend of disproportionately ...