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County probation presents broad facilities reorganization; board seeks more departmental and community input
Summary
Chief Probation Officer Guillermo Villarosa on Tuesday presented a multi‑year plan to restructure the county's juvenile facility network, proposing campus consolidations, specialized gender‑responsive services at Campus Kilpatrick and a split of Los Padrinos into intake/assessment and longer‑term programs.
Chief Probation Officer Guillermo Villarosa on Tuesday presented a “global plan” for Los Angeles County juvenile facilities that would consolidate several camp sites, repurpose campuses for gender‑specific and step‑down programs, and separate Los Padrinos into an intake/assessment program and a longer‑term facility for youth who remain in custody.
Villarosa said the proposal is intended to create “smaller communities” that are easier to staff and that can provide more specialized, trauma‑informed services. “Smaller communities lend themselves to providing better services and healing spaces for our young people,” he told the Board of Supervisors.
The proposal calls for halting intake at Camp Page and shifting those youth into two nearby camps, designating Campus Kilpatrick to house girls and gender‑expansive youth, consolidating health and pharmacy services at other sites and using existing…
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