Robert Garrova covers criminal justice for the LAist and KPCC newsroom.
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In an emailed statement Friday afternoon, the Probation Department said it had received and “thoroughly reviewed” the inspector general’s report and was taking steps to increase staffing by directing some 200 officers with field assignments to report to Los Padrinos., 100 probation staffers were scheduled to work at Los Padrinos on Nov. 4 — the minimum required — but about 60 did not show up.
Referencing a separate matter at another facility, the Probation Department said Monday that an employee had been arrested and charged with “sex with an inmate” and “arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purpose." In the meantime, Kakani said the Probation Department is further criminalizing young people for conditions it created. She said young people at Los Padrinos were “bored out of their minds” at the facility because of a lack of things for them to do.
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