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Settlement will boost education at L.A. County probation camp
- 11-04-2010
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By Victoria Kim/Los Angeles Times
At a news conference Thursday, attorney Mark Rosenbaum recalled taking an 18-year-old to a celebratory meal after his graduation from the high school at Camp Challenger, a Lancaster juvenile facility. The teenager, known as Casey A. in court papers, wanted to go to Denny's because the restaurant had pictures on the menu. Despite about three years of schooling he'd received while at Challenger, Casey was illiterate and unable to read a single word on his own diploma, the attorney said. "These kids could not fill out job applications or read basic signs," said Rosenbaum, chief counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Attorneys and county officials Thursday announced a federal class action settlement outlining sweeping reforms for the troubled school at Camp Challenger, improvements they said would reduce recidivism and better prepare the young offenders to lead law-abiding lives. (more…)
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