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 confinement of ...
Starting next month, juveniles in Mendocino County who receive an infraction like a speeding ticket will have their case handled in court rather than by the county's Probation Department. People under ...
L.A. County’s chief probation officer said he plans to depart the troubled agency as a deadline to evacuate Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall approaches, sources said, potentially leaving more than 200 ...
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. Last ...
Los Angeles County’s largest juvenile detention center has failed a critical inspection, leaving the county in the unprecedented position of having roughly 260 youth locked up in a facility legally ...
I grew up in poverty, with a father in and out of prison, a mother addicted to heroin, and my cousins caught up in gangs. When I was a teenager, my friends and I started stealing cars and joyriding as ...
I grew up in poverty, with a father in and out of prison, a mother addicted to heroin, and my cousins caught up in gangs. When I was a teenager, my friends and I started stealing cars and joyriding as ...