One of the most common opinions offered up by Israeli protesters out in large numbers over the past week demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is that he …
The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a ceasefire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution …
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 21, ordered the Probation Department to analyze and improve excessively long wait times for attorneys, doctors and social workers visiting …
Los Angeles County has shut down a much-needed drug addiction treatment unit at a juvenile detention facility in Sylmar over attorneys’ concerns about the involuntary placement of juveniles into the …
Defense attorneys and social workers say excessively long wait times at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall are hindering their clients’ access to legal services and potentially violating their constitutional rights. The …
A man in Malaysia has been sentenced to a month in jail and fined 3,000 ringgit (US$626) for displaying a portrait of the country’s king, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, on his …
The Los Angeles County Probation Department put four more probation officers on administrative leave following an internal review of additional incidents of youth-on-youth violence at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, the …
Los Angeles County’s two largest juvenile detention facilities, at risk of closure for failing to meet minimum standards of safety and care, won a last-minute reprieve Thursday, April 11, when …
Los Angeles County has passed two critical inspections necessary to potentially avoid the closure of two troubled juvenile detention facilities and the relocation of hundreds of youth in the county’s …
The Los Angeles County Probation Department does not have a contingency plan ready for the possibility the state will force it to close its two largest juvenile detention facilities on …