SF News Thirty Probation Officers Accused of Facilitating Gladiator Fights At LA County Juvenile Detention Facility In a sickening case out of Southern California, 30 officers at a juvenile detention facility have been accused of facilitating gladiator-style fights involving over 140 youth in their care.
SF News Carjackings, Robberies, Juvenile Crimes On Rise — Just Another Pandemic Hangover? Two recent, violent carjackings — one of which ended shortly thereafter in a spectacular crash in a normally quiet part of San Francisco's Castro District — are examples of what seems to be an uptick in these types of crimes, many of which appear to be committed by juveniles.
SF Politics SF Juvenile Hall Still Has Kids Locked Up, Despite Promise to Close The Facility by the End of Last Year The Board of Supervisors vowed to shutter SF's Juvenile Hall three years ago. But kids are still incarcerated there well past the closure deadline, at a cost of more than $1 million per year, per kid.
SF News Alleged Gang Member Arrested In July 2019 Murder Was Youth Activist Who Campaigned to Close Juvenile Hall Fernando Madrigal, the 22-year-old Mission District resident who was arrested this week with the help of the FBI in connection with the July 2019 murder of 15-year-old Day’von Hann, was a person well known to the media and the Board of Supervisors.
SF News New Bill Would Make 18- and 19-Year-Olds Juveniles Under California Law Spearheaded by state Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), SB-889 hopes to reclassify 18- and 19-year-old Californians as juveniles or "emerging adults" in the state's criminal system, allowing them to receive support from more appropriate youth-focused services.
SF News Brown's Budget Kills the State's Juvenile Justice System Too Another line item getting nixed in Jerry Brown's proposed budget is the state's Division of Juvenile Justice, potentially saving the state some $242 million but potentially costing some pain at the county level,
