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Role of probation department in helping protect our children
From the Plumas County News
The Plumas County Probation Department plays a very important role in identifying and preventing many of the forms and factors of child abuse.
One year later, Tuolumne County’s juvenile hall is changing lives
From the Union Democrat
In the nearly one year since opening, the Mother Lode Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Sonora has detained 66 kids, issued three high school diplomas and had zero instances of youth-on-youth violence.
But the staff and volunteers say the true sign of success is how the at-risk kids have responded to the programs and services.
At-risk youth, senior volunteers team up on the basketball court
Respect, teamwork are some of the lessons learned by students during the weekly games
From Gilroy Life
A typical high school basketball game pulses with energy. The ball thuds against the backboard, echoing throughout the gym. Shoes squeak against the shiny wooden floors as players and officials sprint the length of the court. The gentle swish of the ball passing through the net is met with the muffled clap of random high-fives and boisterous cheers from the audience.
Humboldt County’s chief probation officer Bill Damiano to retire
Humboldt County’s Chief Probation Officer Bill Damiano is set to retire on April 13, with the Board of Supervisors voting Tuesday to appoint his assistant Shaun Brenneman to the post on an interim basis.
Damiano, who has served as chief probation officer since 2010 and has more than 29 years experience working for probation, informed the board of his plans to retire in late 2017.
San Rafael boxing program offers ‘pro-social’ impact
From Marin Independent Journal
As would be expected a month before a professional boxing fight, Iris Contreras found herself in a gym, boxing.
But Contreras, 20, one of just two Latina professional boxers in Northern California, wasn’t working on her own form but instead working with dozens of young people — including several women — as part of the new Canal Friday Night Boxing program.
Program Helps Reduce Recidivism In Criminals
The Butte County Probation Department's 'Male Community Rehabilitation Program' in Oroville works to reduce the tendency of convicted criminals to reoffend.
From Action News Now
The Butte County Probation Department’s ‘Male Community Rehabilitation Program’ in Oroville works to reduce the tendency of convicted criminals to reoffend.
Last month the state gave the program $399,300 to fund the alcohol and drug treatment services, allowing 20 additional participants and 2 new officers.
New Probation Training Center Officially Opens in Scripps Ranch
From Times of San Diego
A new San Diego Probation Department regional training facility in Scripps Ranch that is designed to provide officers from around the region with “cutting-edge training enhancement opportunities” officially opened Thursday, authorities announced.
Ventura County’s Approach to Latino Youth on Probation
From The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Two evening reporting centers at community-based organizations in Ventura County, California, are taking a different approach to probation. It involves boxing, silk-screening t-shirts, tutoring and eating together every night, like a family.
Girls in Detention Find Encouragement Through Running Club
From County News Center
Ten teenage girls wearing matching purple T-shirts and Nike sneakers run around and around a small interior recreational yard, marking their hands with a highlighter pen for each lap. Twenty- seven laps is a 5K – the length of the race they plan to run in this Sunday.
“You can do it, keep going,” someone says when one slows to walk.
‘It’s pretty cool.’ Parents of juvenile offenders see their kids’ art in the courthouse
From the Sacramento Bee
There are two large, glass display cases to the right when you walk through the Sacramento County Juvenile Court. One features a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. constructed from colorful, handmade paper squares. The other has woodwork pieces, including two birdhouses, a small Christmas tree, and a snowman painted white sporting a top hat and red bow tie.
Izen Locatelli Appointed Chief Probation Officer of Mendocino County
Izen Locatelli has been appointed and sworn in as Chief Probation Officer for the County of Mendocino.
The swearing in took place on Friday, February 23, 2018, where Chief Locatelli was sworn in by the Honorable Ann C. Moorman.
Monterey County reentry program graduates ready for change
February 14, 2018
From The Californian
Sharon Barajas has gotten her life together at the Monterey County Day Reporting Center after being placed on felony probation, Barajas told a roomful of people in Salinas on Monday night.
“I wasn’t doing very well, I wasn’t on a good path and I needed a wake-up call and this definitely was the start of a new life for me,” said Barajas.
Can the Design of L.A.’s New Juvenile Detention Facility Change the Future of Youth Incarceration?
Malibu’s Campus Kilpatrick detention facility aims to be a national model for juvenile justice through a humanizing architecture.
From Metropolis -
Overlooking Malibu, in the midst of the Santa Monica Mountains’ vineyard-dotted landscape, lies Los Angeles County’s $48 million wager on the future of youth incarceration.
Campus Kilpatrick opened its doors in July, replacing a 1960s complex known as Camp Vernon Kilpatrick. California lawmakers voted to allocate County funds to demolish and rebuild the dilapidated detention facility and its harsh, barracks-style quarters.
California may up its rehab efforts to keep ex-inmates from returning to prison
January 24, 2018
From CALmatters -
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to add millions in new spending on programs to help former inmates stay out of jail—a proposal generating bipartisan praise because of concern they are returning to prison in large numbers. But some say it still isn’t enough.
The proposed $50 million would expand job training for prisoners and assist them in finding jobs once they are released, such as training them to become firefighters.
Slated to Close, Los Angeles Juvenile Detention Camp Will See Second Life as Voluntary Job Training Center
January 18, 2018
From The Chronicle of Social Change - 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.
According to the details of the plan, which were obtained by The Chronicle of Social Change, the program will be housed at what is currently Camp David Gonzalez, a detention camp 35 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
Criminal justice reform is working
December 22, 2017
From the Press Enterprise -
Over the past several years, California has dramatically reduced the prison population, given hundreds of thousands of people the opportunity to live a better life free from the burden of a felony record for low-level offenses and freed up hundreds of millions of dollars for crime prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
California prison rehabilitation programs should actually work
December 13, 2017
From the OC Register - California has work to do to ensure that prison rehabilitation programs serve their purpose, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recent reported.
Statement from Chief Jim Salio on Governor’s 2018-19 Budget Proposal
CPOC President Chief Jim Salio Issues Response to Governor Brown’s 2018-19 State Budget Proposal
SACRAMENTO – Today, Chief Jim Salio, President of the Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC), issued the following statement in response to Governor Brown’s State Budget Proposal:
Chief Probation Officers of California Elect New President; Executive Officers
San Luis Obispo County Probation Chief Jim Salio Voted 2018 President
Sacramento, CA — The Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) announced their ratified vote to confirm the slate of Executive Officers for 2018 at their quarterly all chief meeting.
The 2018 slate of new executive officers are: President: Chief Jim Salio (San Luis Obispo County), Vice President: Chief Stephanie James (San Joaquin County, Secretary: Chief Steve Sentman (Orange County).
