Not one report has yet been made public. The Office of Independent Review’s new leader says that may come in August.
Tag: Orange County Probation Department
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Long-Dormant County Police Watchdog Plans First Set of Probes into OC Agencies in Years
It’s the first set of probes the Office of Independent Review, which has sat vacant since 2018, has announced in years. An Aug. 27 report announced three investigations.
Posted inCountywide, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Moves Millions From Health Agency to Help Cover Sheriff Overruns
Orange County Sheriff’s officials outspent their revenues by $33 million during this last fiscal year – prompting county officials to pull millions of dollars from other departments like the Health Care Agency to cover the shortfall.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Order Crime Data Not Be Sent to Sacramento
Two supervisors claimed Sacramento is using misleading statistics to justify a shift of prisoner parole and probation responsibilities to counties. Orange County appears to be the only large county in California to withhold the data.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
New State Law Increases Protections for Undocumented Youth
Assembly Bill 899, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last week, mandates that records for those in the juvenile justice system remain confidential “regardless of the juvenile’s immigration status.”
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Years in the System But Still No Certainty
When 14-year-old Alex was placed in deportation proceedings in 2012, his mother, Marisa, feared he would be immediately deported. That didn’t happen.
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Lost Boys: ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’
Juveniles placed in deportation proceedings by ICE are turned over to the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and placed in facilities throughout the country. It’s a process that’s been questioned by attorneys, mental health experts and youth advocates.
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Lost in the Deportation Labryinth
The day Marisa’s 14-year-old son was taken into custody from Orange County’s juvenile hall by immigration authorities in the summer of 2012, she set about trying to get answers.
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Lost Boys: A Battle Over the Constitutional Rights of Undocumented Minors
Advocates say U.S. immigration officials routinely violate the constitutional rights of juveniles by interrogating them in juvenile detention before informing them of their rights.
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Lost Boys: Counties Now Less Likely to Refer Juveniles to Immigration Authorities
Over the past several years, probation departments across California, from Orange County to Sacramento, have significantly overhauled the process used to determine when and if the agency should contact immigration authorities if a juvenile in custody is suspected of being undocumented.
