Baltimore Witness

Baltimore Witness is a website that marries journalism with transparency with data. Our goal is to bring unprecedented transparency to the Baltimore Criminal Justice system. We believe understanding what is happening and what needs to be fixed in the criminal justice system needs a view of the system as an entire whole rather than separate pieces (police, prosecutors, courts). It’s hard to change what you can’t see. We also believe that transparency will bring the kinds of accountability that has been lacking until now.