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The Los Angeles (L.A.) County Board of Supervisors has voted to use Camp Scott in Santa Clarita to house juvenile offenders, despite the efforts of Supervisor Kathryn Barger to stop the motion.
In a Tuesday meeting, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to approve Camp Scott for use as one of two permanent secure youth treatment facilities (SYTF) for male juvenile offenders in Los Angeles County.
The move was approved in a 4-1 vote during the meeting.
“Today’s outcome is frustrating and defies some commonsense considerations,” Barger said in a statement after the vote. “Selecting Camp Scott over Barry J. Nidorf contradicted experts from the Probation Department, whose detailed proposal concluded that Nidorf was the most appropriate setting.”
Camp Scott is located near a residential area in Santa Clarita, leading to concerns from homeowners about security risks.
“I do not support this motion,” Barger said. “As you can tell, I believe Camp Scott is not suitable for… young adults ages 18 to 25, with high needs and that are high risk.”
Additionally, the City of Santa Clarita’s City Council has openly voiced its disapproval for the reopening of Camp Scott as a facility to house juvenile offenders.
“It is not unexpected,” said Mayor Laurene Weste. “Our supervisor knows the area, and understands the implications of putting juveniles in an unsafe area.”
Camp Scott is near an area that could not be evacuated quickly in the event of the dam breaking or a fire burning in the area, according to weste.
“We all know, and the probation officers put us all on notice… the level of violence in our facilities, specifically youth-on-youth violence and assaults against staff, continues to escalate,” Barger said. “And by the way, this is not unique to our campus.”
Camp Scott is set to be used as a SYTF alongside Campus Kilpatrick in Malibu.
The Dorothy Kirby Center in Commerce would be used to house female juvenile offenders.
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Last time I checked, 18 to 25 year olds are adults. So they are putting a prison across the street, a two lane road, from residences. Have these people absolutely lost their minds!! I guess no amount of emails or letters were even considered. Our leaders totally suck. When these adults escape and hurt someone, I hope that someone bankrupts the County.
My family and I live about a 1/2 mile from Camp Scott. We’ve lived here for over 20 years in the same house. Thanks to the County Board of Supervisors, their vote puts my family in potential danger. 18-25 is NOT a juvenile offender. And they purpose to put the worst offenders in what is basically a VERY minimum security jail, definitely not like Pitchness. On the plus side, I’m sure our property will lose several of thousands of dollars due to this completely uninformed decision, even tho I sent a protest last year to the boneheads that run this county. LA County is completely turning to crap, and has been for quite awhile. Gotta move soon!
The county supervisors should be required to move into Bouquet Estates to directly feel the anxiety over the potential danger an escape of an inmate these homeowners will be experiencing. Placing these high risk felons within a hundreds of feet of firearms and innocent children is Unconscionable, moronic and insane.