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L.A. County got $88 million to rehabilitate young people. Most of it hasn’t been spent
4 months ago

L.A. County got $88 million to rehabilitate young people. Most of it hasn’t been spent

LA Times  

L.A. County says it’s working to ramp up programming that will allow them to start spending the tens of millions they’ve received from the state. The Los Angeles County Probation Department has spent only $9.7 million of $88 million in grant money it has received since 2021 to rehabilitate young people who committed serious crimes, a state audit has found. …

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Editorial: Juvenile probation failures have left L.A.’s troubled kids nowhere to go
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: Juvenile probation failures have left L.A.’s troubled kids nowhere to go

LA Times  

Police search young men for weapons and drugs during a sweep in South Los Angeles in 1985, an era when the California Youth Authority turned from rehabilitation to harsh punishment. It’s not at all clear what will happen if the Board of State and Community Corrections determines on Thursday that Los Angeles County’s two juvenile halls remain unsuitable for the …

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After fatal overdose at L.A. juvenile hall, a mother grieves as drugs remain a threat
1 year, 2 months ago

After fatal overdose at L.A. juvenile hall, a mother grieves as drugs remain a threat

LA Times  

Marlen Medina reflects on the life and death of her son, Bryan Diaz, while looking over a family photo album. Bryan Diaz.“ “It hurts me so much,” she said in Spanish, her voice cracking, “that I wasn’t able to take him to the DMV to get his driver’s license, that I wasn’t able to show him how to drive, that …

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As L.A. County moves youths out of troubled juvenile halls, will anything change?
1 year, 5 months ago

As L.A. County moves youths out of troubled juvenile halls, will anything change?

LA Times  

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey was shut down in 2019 after six probation officers were charged with assaulting teenagers. The last time Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall housed some of Los Angeles County’s most troubled youths, it was mired in scandal and pegged as obsolete. But later this month Los Padrinos will reopen — something of a last resort after …

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More overdose cases in L.A. juvenile halls amid vows to crack down on contraband
1 year, 6 months ago

More overdose cases in L.A. juvenile halls amid vows to crack down on contraband

LA Times  

Less than two months after a teenager fatally overdosed inside one of Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile halls, four youths were hospitalized after ingesting substances in the span of a few days — a grim sign that the Probation Department’s pledged contraband crackdown has gaping holes. Board of Supervisors Chair Janice Hahn said the flow of drugs into the county’s …

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State orders L.A. County to move nearly 300 youths out of ‘unsuitable’ juvenile halls
1 year, 7 months ago

State orders L.A. County to move nearly 300 youths out of ‘unsuitable’ juvenile halls

LA Times  

Central Juvenile Hall in Boyle Heights, above, and the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar were ruled “unsuitable” by state regulators on Tuesday. The unanimous decision by the Board of State and Community Corrections leaves the county scrambling to vacate Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar and Central Juvenile Hall in Boyle Heights by mid-July. A team of …

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18-year-old dies of overdose in L.A. County juvenile hall, as state suggests shutdown
1 year, 7 months ago

18-year-old dies of overdose in L.A. County juvenile hall, as state suggests shutdown

LA Times  

A state oversight agency issued a report Tuesday calling for Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls to be shuttered in the wake of a staffing crisis and reports of increased violence and drug use, just hours after an 18-year-old was found dead of an apparent overdose in one of the deteriorating facilities. The young man was found unresponsive in his room …

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Shutdown looms for L.A. County’s troubled juvenile halls, state warns
1 year, 9 months ago

Shutdown looms for L.A. County’s troubled juvenile halls, state warns

LA Times  

The Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar is one of two facilities threatened with shutdown by state regulators. State regulators have warned Los Angeles County officials that they will probably shut down the county’s two long-troubled juvenile halls — an unprecedented order that would further destabilize the nation’s largest juvenile justice system and leave officials scrambling to find suitable …

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Amid threatened state intervention, L.A. County OKs steps to reform probation department
1 year, 9 months ago

Amid threatened state intervention, L.A. County OKs steps to reform probation department

LA Times  

Los Angeles County supervisors were in agreement Tuesday: The Probation Department is failing. The motions aim to diminish the number of teens in the department’s care, find suitable places to house young offenders arriving in the county from the state’s youth prisons, and strengthen the Department of Youth Development — a new, rehabilitation-focused agency that supervisors are eager to see …

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Officials hastily moved kids out of L.A. juvenile hall to avoid inspection, report finds
1 year, 11 months ago

Officials hastily moved kids out of L.A. juvenile hall to avoid inspection, report finds

LA Times  

Dozens of youths were moved from Central Juvenile Hall in Lincoln Heights to the Barry J. Nidorf hall in Sylmar, shown. The top brass within the Los Angeles County Probation Department hastily moved children out of Central Juvenile Hall not for reasons of safety but to avoid political embarrassment, according to a report released Friday from a county watchdog. The …

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Nearly 300 sue over alleged sexual abuse at L.A. County juvenile halls and camps
1 year, 11 months ago

Nearly 300 sue over alleged sexual abuse at L.A. County juvenile halls and camps

LA Times  

A lawsuit details alleged assaults, dating from the 1970s through 2018, that spanned a wide swath of L.A. County’s once vast and now mostly shuttered juvenile hall system. For five decades, boys and girls in Los Angeles County juvenile camps and detention halls have suffered repeated sexual assaults at the hands of probation and detention officers, according to a lawsuit …

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Editorial: Probation worker no-shows are the last straw. Break up and remake L.A. County juvenile justice
2 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Probation worker no-shows are the last straw. Break up and remake L.A. County juvenile justice

LA Times  

Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, where almost half of the Los Angeles County Probation Department employees who staff the facility fail to show up for work on any given day. At the same time 200 young people were housed about 40 miles away at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar with nothing to do but watch TV …

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Another L.A. juvenile hall fails inspection weeks after Central Juvenile Hall evacuation
2 years, 8 months ago

Another L.A. juvenile hall fails inspection weeks after Central Juvenile Hall evacuation

LA Times  

After about 140 youths were transferred to Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, the facility failed inspection. Barry J. Nidorf juvenile hall failed an inspection by state regulators Thursday, just weeks after approximately 140 youths were hastily transferred there due to the shutdown of Los Angeles County’s other troubled juvenile facility. Last month, the Probation Department hastily transferred 140 …

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‘We’re screwed’: L.A. County empties troubled juvenile hall ahead of state board’s inspection
2 years, 9 months ago

‘We’re screwed’: L.A. County empties troubled juvenile hall ahead of state board’s inspection

LA Times  

The L.A. County Probation Department hastily moved out all children housed in its troubled Central Juvenile Hall over the weekend, ahead of an inspection from state regulators, officials said. One probation official said the rush to shutter Central Juvenile Hall came after its staff began to review footage from the facility’s security cameras in advance of the inspection. Solis, who …

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Juvenile offenders will be housed at camps in Malibu, Santa Clarita and Commerce, supervisors decide
2 years, 9 months ago

Juvenile offenders will be housed at camps in Malibu, Santa Clarita and Commerce, supervisors decide

LA Times  

Camp Scott in Santa Clarita, shown, and other probation camps will house juvenile youth after the L.A. County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal for a centralized facility. Despite opposition from local officials, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a plan to house juvenile offenders at probation camps in Santa Clarita, Malibu and Commerce. Instead, the supervisors …

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