Detention Facilities Report: (Part Ii Juvenile)*

Juvenile Hall units M and O have very old windows. Also, the old toilet stalls in these units do not provide privacy. Response: Agrees with the finding.

Juvenile Hall and the other juvenile residential facilities have programs and activities to reduce recidivism. Most are not data-driven except Thinking for a Change, A.R.T. and some drug programs. The length of stay in these facilities, in most cases, is about 30 days; therefore, success rates are not documented by the Probation Department. The Research Department has dropped from 14 researchers to approximately 4. Agrees with the finding. Response:

All the budgets in the juvenile detention facilities have high variances in the food and "other" categories. These variances reflect poor financial accountability. Response: Disagrees partially with the finding. While Probation agrees there are variances in some areas of the budget, the variances reflect the encumbering of contract amounts and the recording of expenditures at a lower unit level than budgeted rather than poor financial accountability. COUNTY OF ORANGE Responses to Findings and Recommendations 2012-13 Grand Jury Report entitled "How Do We Know If We Are Taking Care of Our At-Risk Juveniles?"

The incident between a male and female detainee at Juvenile Hall in February, 2012, was investigated immediately by the Orange County Probation Department with oversight from the Office of Independent Review. Some of the juvenile correctional officers that were implicated were experienced officers. Response: Agrees with the finding.

Orange County spends $349,677 on a lease facility which is unoccupied. Response: Agrees with the finding. County Combined Response to Grand Jury Recommendations