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The department charged with supervising the thousands of people on probation in Los Angeles County is asking for local authorities to take over duties from its officers, citing a "significant void ...
A lawsuit details alleged assaults, dating from the 1970s through 2018, that spanned a wide swath of L.A. County's once vast and now mostly shuttered juvenile hall system.
Ex- L.A. County probation chief Adolfo Gonzales claims in a lawsuit he was fired for reporting dire staffing shortages to the state. An attorney for the county called the claim baseless.
In 1962, the department's headquarters moved to the new Los Angeles County Hall of Records at Civic Center, and Leland C. Carter was appointed chief probation officer. [ 4 ] In 1965, the department opened the San Fernando Valley Juvenile Hall in the San Fernando Valley in the county's northeast, relieving overcrowding elsewhere. [ 4 ]
In 2014, the Los Angeles County Grand Jury criticized the conditions of the hall, and proposed that it be torn down. [3] Into 2016, juvenile justice reform advocates pushed a proposal that would split the Los Angeles County Probation Department in two parts, one for overseeing juveniles and one for adults.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza ordered the Probation Department to appear in court Monday to argue why the hall should not be closed down. The L.A. public defender’s ...
After university, Holton joined the Los Angeles County Probation Department in 1928 as a probation officer. [3] With Los Angeles County, Holton held multiple positions before being named head of the county's probation department in 1938. [4] Holton remained in his executive role until he was selected to lead the California Youth Authority in 1943.
A high-ranking L.A. County probation official said the department won't comply with a state oversight body's order to close troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, according to a recording obtained ...