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A.G. Bonta considers stripping county control of L.A.’s chaotic juvenile halls
For years, conditions at L.A. County's juvenile halls have been deteriorating in plain sight. But despite entering into a ...
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Fort Bend County program partners kids in juvenile detention with shelter dogs
The Canine Leadership Program, run by the county’s juvenile probation department, was developed in 2011 and allows youths at ...
Caddo Parish reports a slight increase in juvenile probation numbers
Caddo Parish Administrator Erica Bryant shared updated juvenile detention numbers in the Caddo Parish work session that ...
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LA County reveals plan to move youths out of troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
The filing meets a deadline set by a Superior Court Judge who called the situation at the Downey facility “untenable.” ...
San Diego Union-Tribune24d
The law gives youth with criminal records a clean slate. Does it also prevent oversight of juvenile detention?
For months, the review board that investigates alleged misconduct by county law enforcement officers has been unable to investigate cases of youth who are seriously injured in county custody.
Los Angeles Times26d
Overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall mark latest scandal for embattled Downey facility
home confinement or possibly to juvenile halls in adjacent counties. Dec. 13, 2024 The probation department ignored the BSCC’s order, a decision that was supported by the L.A. County Board of ...