Waking up on November 6, 2024….after the night of November 5, …
Jan 5, 2024 · For those Americans who had long been fearing the possibility of the re-election of former president Donald J. Trump, the events of the night of November 5, 2024, meant waking up to a new reality on the morning of November 6, 2024, that was, for many, more lacerating than that of the night before.
wla – Criminal Justice Journalism in the Public Interest
6 days ago · sat in a tiny, crowded cell at the San Francisco County Jail, contemplating how I had ended up there.
Former LA Sheriff’s Lieutenant & Son Federally Indicted for …
Jul 7, 2017 · Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Lieutenant, and His Son, a Former Compton Cop, Indicted for Cross-Country Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy . Last week twenty-two alleged members and associates of two street gangs, the Los Angeles-based Grape Street Crips, and the Memphis-based Peda Roll Mafia, were indicted by a federal grand jury for being part of a reported drug and money laundering ...
Probation officer is stabbed by a kid at juvenile hall where no one …
Apr 13, 2023 · Celeste, I have a few questions that i would like answered, do you know what a proper search of a minor is in a juvenile hall? loosening of pant legs, remove shoes to show underside of socks. untuck shirt and loosen the waistband. with such ineffective searches a minor can hide a ton of contraband especially if they have more than 1 pair of boxers and or pants. yes they should not have it but ...
LA Sheriff’s Deputy’s Condition Somewhat Improved After Being …
Nov 27, 2019 · At a press conference last night, Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters that Deputy Palanca had been first on the scene for a 5:40 p.m. callout after the Lakewood station got word that a man was behaving strangely in the Paramount area.
Gladiator School: Memories From the Terrible Past of California’s …
Oct 21, 2020 · Editor’s Note: Since the Gold Rush, California’s youth prisons or “correctional institutions” have been characterized by neglect, violence, and abuse, despite attempts at reform. During the bad old days of the mid-1990s through to the early 2000s, when California’s youth prison system was known as the California Youth Authority, or CYA, the system was plagued by a mind-numbing level ...
Bringing Balance to the Bench - witnessla.com
Correction: This story originally identified Anna Reitano, Holly Hancock, and Elizabeth Lashley-Haynes as former public defenders. These judicial candidates are still working in the public defender’s office while campaigning, however. Image: LA County sample ballot for June 7, 2022 primary election.
Battling fentanyl inside LA County’s youth lock-ups
Jan 13, 2023 · On Tuesday of this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion directing LA County Probation Chief Adolfo Gonzales, along with the county CEO, plus the departments of Public Health and Health Services, to report back to the board in 60 days with a “detailed plan” to make the drug NARCAN accessible in probation’s youth camps and its two remaining juvenile halls.
Interim Probation Chief quits, reportedly in clash with new Chief ...
May 3, 2023 · Last night, Monday night, just after 5 p.m., Karen Fletcher, the Interim Chief of LA County Probation, resigned from her position as head of the nation’s largest probation system.
LA County Probation puts 66 officers on leave pending disciplinary ...
May 14, 2024 · LA County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa announced Monday that the department he leads has put 66 sworn probation officers on administrative leave since the beginning of 2024, pending internal affairs investigations into allegations of official misconduct, including at the county’s youth facilities.