Campus Kilpatrick is the flagship location of the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s “L.A. Model” for juvenile rehabilitative service facilities.

Camp Kilpatrick is a juvenile detention camp located in the Santa Monica Mountains of western Los Angeles County, California. A member of the Freelance League, the camp is known for its sports program. Most notable is the camp's American football team, the Kilpatrick Mustangs.

Mar 29, 2023 · The impetus to transition Camp Kilpatrick to a new type of facility referred to as a “Secure Youth Treatment Facility (SYTF)” began with the state’s announcement in 2020 that it was handing...

May 10, 2019 · The “LA Model” of juvenile rehabilitation has a new home in the hills of Malibu at Campus Kilpatrick, a new design-build facility conceived with our partners at DLR Group and built by Bernards.

Sep 27, 2017 · This ethos informs a new “L.A. Model” of youth detention that rejects a punitive, boot-camp incarceration style in favor of therapeutic support for its often traumatized occupants. The L.A. Model even extends to staff hires: Only those who request to work at Kilpatrick are considered for placement.

Sep 7, 2022 · Despite pushback from Malibu & Santa Clarita, LA County OKs plan for housing of juvenile offenders; Malibu’s Camp Kilpatrick was supposed to be the face of reform for L.A. County’s Probation...

After Los Angeles County won a $30 million grant from the state in 2012, juvenile justice advocates including the Children's Defense Fund insisted on taking part in the project to renovate Kilpatrick and demonstrate a new approach to rehabilitating juvenile offenders.

Sep 27, 2018 · Since last year, L.A. County's Probation Department has taken an innovative approach to juvenile justice at Camp Kilpatrick, a detention facility nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains between...

With a much lower staff-to-youth ratio and programming that emphasizes education, counselling and vocational training guided by a trauma-informed child-centered approach, Campus Kilpatrick has now become the nation’s center stage for a modern comprehensive and holistic approach to juvenile behavioral rehabilitation.

A juvenile detention camp in Los Angeles County, California, known for its successful implementation of the L.A. Model, a small-group treatment model that prioritizes youth-centered care and collaboration among youth, family, probation, school, and physical health professionals.