Los Angeles County Probation Department
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The Los Angeles County Probation Department provides services for those placed on probation within Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Donald H. Blevins is the current Chief Probation Officer
Probation officer
Parole officers and probation officers play a role in criminal justice systems by supervising offenders released from incarceration or sentenced to non-custodial sanctions such as community service...

. The department is the largest probation department in the world.

History

The department was established in 1903 with the enactment of California's first probation laws.

Camps

  • Camp Afflerbaugh, La Verne
    La Verne, California
    La Verne is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,063 at the 2010 census, down from 31,638 at the 2000 census.-History:...

  • Camp Gonzales, Calabasas
    Calabasas, California
    Calabasas is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California in the western United States. It is located in the hills in the southwestern San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica Mountains between Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills, West Hills, and Malibu, California. As of the 2010 census, the city...

  • Camp Holton, (rented out to State of California. Inmates are housed in Camp Smith.)Sylmar
  • Camp Jarvis, Lancaster
    Lancaster, California
    Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

  • Camp Kilpatrick, Malibu
  • Camp Mc Nair, Lancaster
    Lancaster, California
    Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

  • Camp Mendenhall, Lake Hughes
    Lake Hughes, California
    Lake Hughes is an unincorporated community northwest of Palmdale and the Santa Clarita Valley in the Angeles National Forest on the sag pond waters of Hughes Lake and Elizabeth Lake . The community is agricultural in character, with a population of 649 at the 2010 census, but also has a strong...

  • Camp Miller, Malibu
  • Camp Munz, Lake Hughes
    Lake Hughes, California
    Lake Hughes is an unincorporated community northwest of Palmdale and the Santa Clarita Valley in the Angeles National Forest on the sag pond waters of Hughes Lake and Elizabeth Lake . The community is agricultural in character, with a population of 649 at the 2010 census, but also has a strong...

  • Camp Onizuka,(High-Risk offenders. Some of California Youth Authority minors are housed here.) Lancaster
    Lancaster, California
    Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

  • Camp Paige, La Verne
    La Verne, California
    La Verne is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,063 at the 2010 census, down from 31,638 at the 2000 census.-History:...

  • Camp Resnik, Lancaster
    Lancaster, California
    Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

  • Camp Rockey, San Dimas
    San Dimas, California
    San Dimas is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 33,371. The city historically took its name from San Dismas Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains above the northern section of present day San Dimas...

  • Camp Routh, (closed)Tujunga
  • Camp Scobee, Lancaster
    Lancaster, California
    Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

  • Camp Scott, (Female inmates) Santa Clarita
    Santa Clarita, California
    Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown...

  • Camp Scudder,(Female inmates) Santa Clarita
    Santa Clarita, California
    Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown...

  • Camp Smith, Lancaster
    Lancaster, California
    Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

  • Challenger Memorial Youth Center, (Facility that includes 6 Juvenile Camps: Smith, Scobee, Resnik, Onizuka, Jarvis, Mc Nair) Lancaster
    Lancaster, California
    Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

  • Dorothy Kirby Center, (Co-ed Mental Health facility)Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...


Juvenile Halls

  • Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, 16350 Filbert Street, Sylmar
  • Central Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

  • Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Downey
    Downey, California
    Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city is best known as the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the city where folk singer Karen Carpenter lived and died...


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