Jennifer Rodriguez, executive director of Youth Law Center and also a formerly incarcerated minor, recalled her earliest impressions of education inside juvenile hall. “I still remember, my very first ...

Michael Dempsey, the veteran corrections officer the state wants put in charge of L.A. County’s juvenile facilities, has spent 40 years in the industry, including running a maximum security juvenile ...

There was a time when young people would land in “juvee” for crimes as minor as shoplifting, marijuana use and fights on school grounds. That approach existed even when Tamara Gusman-Taylor, director ...