197 probation officers to be hired for juveniles
The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to hire 197 more probation staffers to oversee juvenile offenders.
The move is the latest in the troubled department’s effort to meet federal requirements to improve conditions for adolescent inmates.
The 102 new employees at county probation camps and 95 new workers at juvenile halls will cost about $14.3 million annually.
The Justice Department mandated more than 50 improvements, including better mental healthcare and education, at the county’s three juvenile halls in a 2003 report. Federal officials are inspecting some of the county’s 19 probation camps.
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