A top L.A. County probation official has said the agency won't obey a state order to vacate Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall this month, potentially setting up a costly showdown between state and county ...

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 ...

At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictments after an investigation by the California attorney general's office into their work with youth in the county's beleaguered juvenile ...

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said Wednesday he will ask a judge to allow the state to take control of L.A. County's juvenile halls. The move that comes after years of failure to comply with ...

San Diego County supervisors voted Tuesday to explore phasing out pepper spray in local juvenile detention facilities, citing concerns that probation officers use the chemical agent instead of trying ...

Ector County’s juvenile detention center is set to receive its first significant upgrade in nearly 30 years. Kevin Mann, chief juvenile probation officer with the Ector County Juvenile Probation ...

The Los Angeles County Probation Department wants to close two more juvenile facilities and shuffle dozens of youth across its footprint in an effort to consolidate staff and further reduce the ...