A state board found last year that the county repeatedly failed to meet minimum staffing requirements at the facility.

The understaffed Los Angeles County Probation Department is asking that state if local police departments can help preform compliance checks.

"We have received several responses," Kari Rumbaugh said. "More than we even imagined we would." ...

The driver who aided his friend in fleeing the scene of a February 2024 homicide in Mankato was ordered to serve probation ...

State authorities said this week that they were still finalizing a re-inspection of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. A judge is waiting on those results before deciding whether the county will be ...

Student arrests in threats to schools in the first three months of the academic year doubled this year, and consequences ...

Police say they arrested a juvenile for assaulting officers after they arrested a man on drug charges. On February 12 the ...

In additions to being a probation officer, John Welling also was a firefighter and EMT with Wooster Township Fire Department ...

KARI RUMBAUGH IS THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES DIVISION. SHE SAYS SOME YOUTH HANG IN THE BALANCE WHEN IT COMES TO SERVICES, ADDING THERE’S A LACK OF RESIDENTIAL ...

Clark County Commissioners voted on a proposal that would create new jobs for the juvenile detention center, but some are calling the move an effort in “union busting.” On ...