Break up the L.A. County Probation Department, writes the Times editorial board (via latimesopinion)
The shattered windows, smashed walls and gang graffiti uncovered at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall are the latest examples of turmoil and transition in Los Angeles County's youth justice operation.
Juveniles who get in trouble with the law would still need counseling, treatment and guidance to put them on safe and productive paths into adulthood. And they need mental health care. As the Board of Supervisors recognized earlier this month, more than 90% of youths in L.A. County juvenile halls have serious mental health problems.
Los Angeles County is in dire need of the same approach. It needs an adult Probation Department to focus on the growing challenges of adult supervision and bail reform. And it needs a separate Youth Services Department, with an independent mission, adequate resources to properly serve juveniles, and careful oversight from experts.It’s a move that the county has assiduously avoided.
Youth crime did rise, although not on the predicted scale. And then it dropped — precipitously. It is still dropping. Counties have shrunk their caseloads, but not their budgets or their payrolls. Casting about for relevance in a changing world, L.A. County’s Probation Department invested heavily in school-based probation, a program that allows officers to identify students they deem to be at risk, even if it’s just because of poor schoolwork.
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