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#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

Celeste Fremon
January 14, 2026
Written by Celeste Fremon
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Yesterday, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the third person died in Los Angeles County’s jail system since the calendar year turned. Last year, 46 people died in custody, giving 2025 the highest yearly death count since 2021...

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December 31, 2025
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Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
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Editor’s note: Whatever you do or don’t think about the controversial and complex case...

Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
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Editor’s note: Whatever you do or don’t think about the controversial and complex case of the...

Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
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Editor’s note: Whatever you do or don’t think about the controversial and complex case...

#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
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Six years ago, in February of 2018, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy named Giancarlo...

#Oversight

LASD Oversight Part 3: LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But he has a lot more to tell us re: The struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department,

December 17, 2025
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As most readers know by now, Max Huntsman, Los Angeles County’s longtime and highly respected...

#Oversight

Intro: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General, has announced his retirement. And thankfully he’s not going quietly

December 10, 2025
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Max Huntsman, Los Angeles County’s longtime and highly respected Inspector General, has announced...

#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
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Approximately a month ago, on, August 7, the Trump administration filed an application for review...

#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
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Today,—Monday morning, Sept 8—California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a long and...

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This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
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Today, Thursday, August 7, the Trump administration filed an application for review by the U.S...

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9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
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Okay, here’s the deal. Late last Friday, August 1, 2025, a panel of three judges from the...

#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
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Approximately a week ago, on Monday, July 13, the Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit...

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Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
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As many Los Angeles residents and other WLA readers already know, three members of the Los Angeles...

#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
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On Tuesday,  July 8, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, along with the LA County Board of Supervisors...

Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
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It’s already been an unusual July 4 weekend as LA County Parks and Recreation cancelled a...

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Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard

June 20, 2025
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On Thursday, June 19th, a three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals put out a...

#NoSafePlace

LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall

June 5, 2025
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A new high-ticket legal settlement has added still more painful details to the ongoing catastrophe...

Journalism Awards & Prizes

WitnessLA is a finalist for SoCal Journalism Award!

June 1, 2025
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At WitnessLA, we were very happy to learn that one of our ongoing investigative series made it into...

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