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Taylor Walker
Assistant Editor
Taylor Walker is a Los Angeles-based journalist writing for the non-profit news site WitnessLA. Walker specializes in justice-related issues, with a focus on the way juvenile justice and criminal justice systems affect the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities, and how those systems are being reimagined. She also curates the California Justice Report, WitnessLA's newsletter of stories and views from Southern California and beyond.
Articles
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In the second part of this multi-part series, we explore, step-by-step, the process for diverting pregnant people out of LA County’s women’s jail, moving them into housing and toward independence.
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For pregnant individuals facing multiple years in prison, a program offers unexpected hope and an alternative pathway.
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Are changes toward a "care first, jail last" model making a meaningful difference for incarcerated women and mothers?