"I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I'd ever see this day," said Santa Cruz County Probation Chief Fernando Giraldo.

pleads for help Judge orders LA County to depopulate Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall LA County probation officers, forced on unpaid leaves by injuries, struggle with financial fallout A class-action ...

There are significant differences between the job classifications for those working in the field and those deployed to the juvenile hall, according to the lawsuit. The Deputy Probation Officer II ...

Thirty probation officers have been charged with allowing — and even encouraging — scores of “gladiator fights” at a California juvenile detention center involving at least 143 young inmates.

“Officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall have a duty to ensure ... of State and Community Corrections said in a Dec. 10 letter to the Probation Department. In a statement emailed to LAist on ...

Smyles told youths involved in fights not to seek medical attention in order to cover ... probation officers standing idly by while a group of teens attacked a 17-year-old inside Los Padrinos ...

The blog 2UrbanGirls first published a copy of one such letter ... 66 probation officers on leave for misconduct since January 4 more LA County probation officers placed on leave over juvenile ...

while employees and service providers would be divvied up among all of the county’s juvenile facilities as needed, according to Viera Rosa. Thomas Bell, who represents the camps for the Los Angeles ...