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The Probation Connection Podcast
Listen to the Podcast from the Chief Probation Officers of California

Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) Foundation launched their podcast, The California Probation Connection in 2022.

This podcast is a space that dives deeper into complex topics that face probation professionals, as well as everyone involved in our justice system.

Episodes feature chief probation officers who share their experiences and perspectives about issues involving California Probation and our justice system. The host of the podcast is CPOC Executive Director, Karen Pank. 

You can enjoy listening to The California Probation Connection on podcast platforms, several linked below, or watch the podcast on YouTube. Links to all platforms can be found here: https://linktr.ee/caprobation   

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Decade of Progress
Probation's Success with Juvenile Realignment

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Click here to watch this engaging video which discusses the history of Juvenile Justice Realignment and what factors at the time contributed to its passage.  

Take a closer look at how this historic reform impacted probation departments and how they were able to implement the reform with a focus on local treatment models for youth, evidence based rehabilitative strategies and better approaches to detention.

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Juvenile crime rates plummet amid new approaches to tackling youth crime
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When San Diego County went looking for grant funds to help build a 300-bed jail for juveniles, officials argued that the 1950s-era Juvenile Hall on Meadowlark Lane was strained to the breaking point.

“There is literally no more room at the inn,” the county warned in a grant application in 1999 seeking $36 million in construction funds for what would become, in 2004, the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility.

And things were only going to get worse: At the time, the county estimated it would need 1,284 beds to house all its juvenile offenders by 2015.