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3/26/2018

After Feds Leave, Pepper Spray Use Skyrockets Again in L.A.’s Juvenile Justice System

Jeremy Loudenback

Just a few years after Los Angeles County exited a monitoring agreement with the Department of Justice, the county’s probation department has seen a return of rampant use of pepper spray in settling altercations and other misbehavior at juvenile detention facilities.

1/18/2018

Slated to Close, Los Angeles Juvenile Detention Camp Will See Second Life as Voluntary Job Training Center

Jeremy Loudenback

With a dwindling population of youth in its juvenile detention facilities, Los Angeles County will convert a soon-to-be-shuttered juvenile detention camp into a voluntary residential re-entry and vocational training center for so-called “disconnected youth” in the county.

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