LA County Board

10. Adopting a Global Plan for the Probation Department’s Halls and Camps\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and Hahn: Instruct the\nChief Probation Officer to issue an internal special recruitment for Secure\nYouth Treatment Facility (SYTF) staff within 24 hours of the Board’s approval of\nthis directive, and establish a formal SYTF unit or bureau within 30 days of\napproval of this directive; instruct the Chief Probation Officer, in partnership\nwith the Director of Youth Development, and in consultation with an ad hoc\ncommittee of the Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant Subcommittee\n(JJRBG), to report back to the Board in writing in 30 days , with finalized\nprogramming recommendations to be funded with Senate Bills 823 and 92\nfunds, specifically for the SYTF unit at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, these\nrecommendations should be informed by needs identified in the Individual\nRehabilitation Plans being ordered by the Court, as well as feedback young\npeople have given regarding their areas of interest, including art therapy, age\nand interest-appropriate reading materials and books, vocational and life skills\ntraining (in person or online), computer training (in person or online), tutoring\nand teaching that supports (but does not replace) legally mandated education,\nhigher education, and outdoor activities (e.g., sports, meditation, yoga); and\ntake the following actions:\nInstruct the Chief Probation Officer, in consultation with the Chief\nExecutive Officer and County Counsel, to report back to the Board in 30\ndays with legally viable, but innovative, interim contracting solutions to\nimplement the programming recommendations developed in response to\nthe above directive, with consideration to be given to existing contracts\nthrough relevant County Departments that can be leveraged to implement\nthe above directive with urgency;\nAuthorize the Director of Youth Development, with 30 days advance\nnotice to the Board, to execute additional sole source credible\nmessenger contracts, as needed, to ensure credible messengers are\nintegrated into all SYTF, and amend existing Credible Messenger\nProgramming and Training contract funding amounts to ensure sufficient\nCredible Messenger staffing levels, using Department of Youth\nDevelopment’s existing funding and with notice provided to the Board\nprior to executing these amendments;\nInstruct the Chief Probation Officer, in partnership with the Director of\nInternal Services and, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer\nand County Counsel, using the recommendations adopted by the JJRBG\nas a guide, to report back to the Board in writing in 15 days , with a\nshort-term facilities plan that can be implemented within 30 days of\nreceiving approval from the Board, the short-term plan must be feasible\nto implement without the need for extensive renovations, security\nenhancements, or hiring and must be designed with the primary objective\nof decompressing the population at Barry J. Nidorf, with consideration to\nbe given to the following:\nTemporarily reopening Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, with existing\nstaff, to house as many pre-disposition youth as possible;\nRelocation of all girls, women, or gender-expansive youth from\nCentral Juvenile Hall to, primarily, Dorothy Kirby Center, and\nsecondarily to other facilities, where an existing therapeutic model\ncan be used to facilitate the Board’s girls decarceration initiative;\nExpediting security enhancements at Campus Kilpatrick and,\npending completion of those security enhancements, initiating the\nMulti-Disciplinary Team assessments that will allow the Department\nto increase the SYTF population at Campus Kilpatrick to no less\nthan 20 young people, until staffing and housing accommodations\nare in place to support the full capacity of 42; and\nConsolidation of the three east County Probation Camps, Rockey,\nPaige and Afflerbaugh, into two camps;\nInstruct the Chief Probation Officer, in partnership with the Director of\nInternal Services, and in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer\nand County Counsel, using the recommendations adopted by the\nJJRBG, to report back to the Board in writing in 30 days with an interim\nfacilities plan that can be implemented in one to two years, and include\nthe following:\nA plan to physically partition the eastern portion of Barry J. Nidorf\nand create a new 72 beds SYTF campus that will operate on a\ntraditional work schedule;\nA plan to expand the number of youth eligible for Pinegrove Fire\nCamp; and\nAn update on the progress made in establishing Step Down\nprograms in line with Board Order No. 20 of December 20, 2022,\n“Creating Less Restrictive Programs for Eligible Secure Youth\nTreatment Facility and Division of Juvenile Justice Youth Essential\nfor Successful Transformation and Community Reentry;”\nInstruct the Chief Probation Officer, in partnership with the Director of\nInternal Services and, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer\nand County Counsel, following the recommendations adopted by the\nJJRBG, to report back to the Board in writing in 45 days with a long-term\nfacilities plan that can be implemented within phases over two to five\nyears, and include the following:\nA timeline for each component of the plan;\nA plan to upgrade Dorothy Kirby Center with the required facility\nand security enhancements for use as an SYTF for girls and\ngender expansive youth;\nA plan to renovate Camp Scott to end the temporary use of\nDorothy Kirby Center, return young women and girls from Dorothy\nKirby Center to Camp Scott, and operate Camp Scott as the one\nCounty detention facility for all girls, young women, and gender\nexpensive youth; and\nInclude a schedule to renovate Camp Miller to support staff\nhousing, green space for outdoor recreation, classrooms, a teen\ntechnology center, offices for community-based organizations,\nand other ancillary needs for Campus Kilpatrick; and\nInstruct the Chief Probation Officer to report back to the Board at\na regularly scheduled meeting on a quarterly basis with an update\non the status of all the above directives. (23-0997)\nAttachments: Motion by Supervisors Horvath and Hahn\nPublic Comment/Correspondence