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LA County Probation
Have Conditions Become Unsafe For Staff & Kids at LA County’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall?
In the past two weeks, two new reports have described critically unsafe conditions at the Barry...
Work on Civilian Oversight Commission for LA County Probation Finally Begins
On Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m., the newly chosen team, which has been given the task...
#MeToo Behind Bars: Will Proposed $1 Million Settlement on Case of Alleged Sexual Assault of Girl by LA County Juvenile Probation Officer Help Push Department Reform?
Last September, Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officer, Oscar David Calderon Jr., then 33, was...
LA County Supervisors Address PREA Non-Compliance, Juvenile Justice Fees, Body Cameras, and Jobs for the Formerly Incarcerated
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved four noteworthy criminal justice...
The Day the LA County Board of Supes Made the Historic Choice to Create an Oversight Commission for Probation
Around 12:30 on Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to...