New Report Paints Picture of Dysfunction, Rampant Racial Disproportionality in L.A.’s Juvenile Probation System [chronicleofsocialchange.org]

Alicia Doktor 10/26/174:00 AM

A scathing report recently made public by the Los Angeles County Probation Department paints a troubling picture of the agency that oversees the county’s juvenile justice system.

The report describes long-standing department-wide problems, including decrepit and out-of-date conditions at its three juvenile halls, widespread racial disparities for youth overseen by the department, numerous staffing and training issues and continuing failures to re-direct money to work with community-based organizations.

Conducted by Oakland-based Resource Development Associates (RDA), the report describes the Probation Department as “not currently operating as a mission-driven organization.”

[For more on this story by Jeremy Loudenback, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...obation-system/28519]

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