UPDATE: On Tuesday, after hearing from advocates and others concerned about certain aspects of a...
Juvenile Probation
What is “Voluntary” Juvenile Probation? And Does it Help or Harm LA County’s Kids? – by Jeremy Loudenback
EDITOR’S NOTE: The consistent decline in juvenile crime, along with study after study showing...
4. Is There a Kid-Battering Subculture Inside LA County’s Juvenile Facilities?
A SINGLE INCIDENT OR SOMETHING MORE? Is there a brutal subculture inside Los Angeles County’s...
2. A Disturbing Report of Another Assault of a Teenager by a Los Angeles County Probation Staffer
On May 31 of this year, another incident of alleged abuse of a teenage probationer by Los Angeles...
Supes Meeting: Addressing Juvenile Hall Beating, Transforming a Girls’ Probation Camp, and Placing an Animal Shelter in a Jail
LA COUNTY SUPES TO LOOK INTO ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AT SYLMAR JUVENILE HALL, AND THE COUNTY’S...
1. Teenager at LA County Probation’s Sylmar Juvenile Hall Beaten on Video by Four Probation Officers as Supervisor Watches
THE BEATDOWN On April 24, four Los Angeles County probation officers allegedly beat a non-combative...