The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is seeking to curb racial violence at juvenile halls and detention camps.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is seeking to curb racial violence at juvenile halls and detention camps.
The Los Angeles Times says supervisors approved a motion proposed by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Tuesday that requires the Probation Department to provide a detailed report on racial violence in its facilities and recommend reforms.
The department reports there have been 15 major brawls between detainees at juvenile halls this year and 15 more clashes at detention camps.
They include a Sept. 5 incident involving about 30 minors at a camp in Lancaster, where both minors and staff members were injured as black and Hispanic detainees brawled.
Another fight with racial overtones broke out a week later among 16 minors at a juvenile hall in Los Angeles.
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