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Centinela Youth Services

6/7/2017

LAPD Rolls Out Youth Diversion Program Across City of Los Angeles

Under a new Los Angeles Police Department program, Los Angeles youth arrested for certain nonviolent offenses will get a second chance rather than a rap sheet. At a Tuesday meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the LAPD announced that it would expand a partnership with Centinela Youth Services that uses restorative justice to prevent the risk of future arrests and further involvement with the justice system.

5/29/2016

A Brave New Approach to Justice for Youth

Socially conscious documentary film production company A Brave New Films recently released the first installment of its Restorative Justice Series. With over 8,000 children in California juvenile probation facilities, restorative justice has emerged as a more compassionate, more successful, and more cost-effective alternative to the punitive justice system currently failing our nation’s youths.

2/22/2016

How a Diversion Program in South L.A. Hopes to Break the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline

When Karina Cabrera first sat down with Angelica,* a 15-year-old enrolled in a juvenile diversion program at Centinela Youth Services (CYS), the case manager remembers the youth’s icy stare and clipped answers.

2/19/2016

Promising Los Angeles Juvenile Diversion Program Anxiously Awaits Hoarded Probation Cash

The future of a program with a track record of success hangs in the balance while Los Angeles County leadership sits on millions of dollars earmarked to keep kids from winding up in jail.