The Los Angeles County Probation Department is facing some serious problems, including violence among detainees, officers charged with child abuse, and excess use of pepper spray on several teens.

A new Times report shows just how dangerous and dysfunctional the county's youth detention operation has become.

Times reporter Matt Stiles sits down with anchor Lisa McRee to discuss what he has learned.

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