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ICYMI: New gym, auto shop and classrooms reflect inventive-based approach with youth at Orange County Juvenile Hall
In the Los Angeles Times by Eric Licas
Barbed-wire-lined fencing is what used to greet those visiting youth committed at Orange County Juvenile Hall. Parents would have to line up by a nondescript door in the corner of an open-air plaza just south of UCI Medical Center in Orange and check in at three different desks in order to see their children.
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Mission at Kern County receives 120 turkeys from Kern County Probation Department
By Charr Davenport, in ABC 23 Bakersfield
The Mission at Kern County will be helping those in need for Thanksgiving on November 24th.
The Mission is hosting its annual Thanksgiving Meal, but they didn’t know where they were going to get their turkeys from until a late donation came in.
ICYMI: Close to Home: Helping people turn their lives around
In the Press Democrat by David Koch
Having just retired as chief probation officer in Sonoma County, I want to reflect on the honor and experience it has been to serve in a critical, yet often unknown and unseen part of our public safety system.
ICYMI: Santa Barbara County Probation Department Awarded Grant to Supervise People with Multiple DUI Convictions
By Santa Barbara County Probation Department in Santa Barbara Independent
The Santa Barbara County Probation Department received
funds for an intensive probation supervision program for
high-risk DUI offenders with multiple DUI convictions.
Success Stories in Solano: Probation Offers Second Chance to Justice-Involved Individuals
In the Solano County Newsletter Summer 2021
Ventura County Juvenile Justice Center clubhouse offers welcome ‘escape from the block’
By Isaiah Murtaugh in
Ventura County Star
One Thursday afternoon last month, a dozen high school-aged boys, all in matching maroon shirts and khaki pants, filed into a small activity center on the grounds of the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Center in Oxnard
Monterey County Juvenile Hall uses art to help rehabilitate incarcerated youth
By Molly Gibs in the Monterey Herald
In partnership with the Homeboy Art Academy, the Monterey County Juvenile Hall has kickstarted a new rehabilitation program for incarcerated and formerly gang-involved youth to reconnect with themselves and the world through art.
ICYMI: Placer Probation gives Re-Entry Program graduates a second chance
By Stacey Adams In Gold County Media
The Placer County Probation Department held a ceremony for the 2020-22 graduating classes of the Placer Re-Entry Program (PREP) on Thursday evening.
PREP provides educational and vocational programs tailored to participants’ needs to prepare them to transition back into the community. According to the county website, PREP resources include education, life skills, substance-abuse programming and employment.
The Connector – September 2022
California Probation Creating Safer Communities Through Accountability & Opportunity
In this issue of The Connector, read stories of hope and inspiration of how California Probation is helping create safer communities by focusing on holding justice-involved individuals accountable while helping them transition out of the system permanently through transformative and evidence-based rehabilitation. Probation Departments are a connector in the justice system, interlacing and maximizing the resources available within our systems and communities to reduce recidivism by carefully balancing direct human services and research-based interventions.
ICYMI: Merced pilot program for youth violence intervention gets nearly $1 million boost
By Abbie Lauten-Scrivner. in Merced Sun Star
With the help of a grant awarded to only four other cities statewide, Merced is embarking on a new pilot program geared toward supporting at-risk youth and their families.
Behind The CA Probation Badge What Makes The Modern Probation Profession Essential & Unique
CPOC hosted a webinar to hear from some of California’s Probation Chiefs, about the evolution of probation work in California and how modern California probation work is unique and undublicated within the justice system.
Galt drug bust results in seizure of meth, heroin, fentanyl and firearms
In FOX 40 by Matthew Nobert
GALT, Calif. (KTXL) — The Sacramento County Probation Department reported on Thursday that they seized several pounds of drugs and multiple firearms during a bust in Galt on Wednesday.
The probation department said that, in partnership with the Galt Police Department and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, it served a search warrant to a Galt home on a Probation 63 approval.
ICYMI: As California Remakes Its Juvenile Justice System, Counties Take the Lead on Rehabilitation
In KQED
Twenty-one-year-old Reid Butler spent about a year in one of California’s state youth prisons before officials in his home county convinced a court to let him serve his sentence in a county juvenile hall. Known as the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the state lockups were plagued by violence among youth and abuse by staff, and often meant young people were incarcerated hundreds of miles away from their families for years.
Solano Probation Department welcomes State Attorney General Rob Bonta to Youth Achievement Center
In the Reporter
State Attorney General Rob Bonta visited Vallejo in recent weeks to learn more about the city’s Youth Achievement Center and discuss the needs and concerns of youths.
The event was held in partnership with the Solano County Probation Department and Solano County Supervisor Erin Hannigan, among others.
ICYMI: Tehama County Probation project helps put youth offenders on right track
By Melissa Joseph in Red Bluff Daily News
RED BLUFF— Chief Probation Officer Richard Muench approached the Tehama County Board of Supervisors Tuesday to request the board’s approval of plans for a Probation Outbuilding Electrical Project, the second half of a workshop project first introduced on June 22, 2021.
ICYMI: San Francisco opens transitional housing for justice- involved adults with mental health and substance use needs
San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), and the San Francisco Adult Probation Department (SFAPD) today announced the opening of a new transitional housing facility at 509 Minna Street for justice-involved adults who are experiencing homelessness and have complex mental health and substance use disorders.
Merced County probation gets $6 million for diversion program to offer job skills, treatment
A $6 million state grant to the Merced County Probation Department is being leveraged to implement a stronger pretrial diversion program for individuals with mental health or substance use disorders, county officials say.
Orange County Probation Department appoints Daniel Hernandez as Chief Probation Officer
In the Orange County Breeze
The Orange County Executive Officer (CEO) Frank Kim announced that Daniel C. Hernandez is the new Chief Probation Officer of the County Probation Department on July 26, 2022. The announcement came after the Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Chief Hernandez.
Tamika Nelson Appointed to the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board
SACRAMENTO – Today, the Senate Rules Committee, chaired by Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), appointed Tamika Nelson to the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board. Ms. Nelson fulfills the requirement for one county chief probation officer to be appointed to this office.
KPBS: Youth Transition Campus offers new treatment and hope for young offenders
In KPBS
The Youth Transition Campus (YTC) in Kearny Mesa aims to give young offenders the opportunity to change their lives with treatment, education, support and career training in a state-of-the-art facility.
This summer, some young people in custody are learning more than just life’s hard lessons.
