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GUEST: Yolie Aguilar, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles County Children’s Planning Council

The U.S. Justice Department plans to investigate dangerous conditions at Los Angeles County probation camps for teens, county officials said Tuesday. The probe, announced to the Board of Supervisors last week, comes after years of federal scrutiny of county juvenile halls, and could lead to a lawsuit or consent decree, officials say. With over 20,000 youth incarcerated in Los Angeles county alone, the conditions of LA young people in the youth authority are critical.

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