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4worldlovers:
The Ventura County Juvenile Facilities complex sits on a 45 acre parcel in an unincorporated area of the county near the community of El Rio. It is located at 4333 Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036. The Ventura County Probation Agency’s state of the art detention and commitment facility was completed in 2003 at a cost of $65 million. Primary funding for the facility was a $40.5 million grant from the California Board of Corrections. The total capacity of the facility is 420 male and female youth. The detention component capacity is 240 and the commitment component capacity 180.


In addition to the housing components, Juvenile Facilities include outdoor recreation areas for both detention and commitment programs, a multipurpose gymnasium/technology training center, a visiting center, medical offices and examination rooms, an intake/community confinement/booking area, classrooms, program and facility administration offices, kitchen and laundry services. Staff has locker rooms with showers, and a dining room. A juvenile courthouse with six courtrooms is located adjacent to the Juvenile Facilities.


Youth under our care are provided constructive individual and group activities within the facilities. Educational programming includes Providence School, an accredited school program administered by the County Superintendent of Schools. The County of Ventura’s Behavioral Health Department provides psychiatric and crisis intervention services as well as group, individual, and family therapy within the facility. The California Forensic Medical Group provides medical services under contract with the County.


Cognitive behavior therapy programming is provided by probation staff and community based organizations. These programs include a gang intervention program, a gender specific program for females (Girls Inc.), and a problem solving/social skills program. Additional programming includes: a tolerance program, parenting classes, tutoring, anger management, substance abuse counseling, chess, music and dance programs.


Since 2002, the Probation Agency has participated in the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative, a grant funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF). The AECF is dedicated to reforming juvenile detention practices. In collaboration with the juvenile court judges, local law enforcement, public defender and district attorney’s office, the population was safely reduced utilizing risk-based criteria for booking and detention alternatives including community confinement, home supervision, and electronic monitoring programs.


Juvenile Facilities detention housing is intended for youth going through the court process. It also serves to provide temporary custody for youth in need of short-term removal from the community and/or awaiting transfer to another jurisdiction or placement facility.


The Detention Unit is comprised of one 60-bed male population housing unit, one 20-bed special population housing unit, and one 15-bed female housing unit. Units are named after local Ventura County canyons: Balcom, Matilija and Sycamore. Each general housing unit contains 15 single sleeping rooms. The units have their own dayroom, classrooms, open staff station, and outdoor exercise areas. The living units are designed with sleeping rooms, or cells, located on an upper and lower level. A gymnasium and recreational yard are located adjacent to the units and are used for supervised recreational activities.


The Special Population Housing Unit consists of a 20-bed living unit designed for youth with significant mental health, behavioral, or medical issues. The living unit has its own dayroom, classroom and staff station. Sleeping rooms are all located on one level. Two outdoor exercise areas are available for supervised use by the minors.


In the Detention Units, educational and therapeutic programming is available, and youth also have the opportunity to participate in community service projects by volunteering their labor and time to non-profit organizations.


The Ventura County Probation Agency (VCPA) detains youth in the Juvenile Facilities who cannot be placed in a less restrictive setting and have been arrested for serious law violations or substantial violations of their probation terms. In accordance with the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), VCPA assesses the risk of youth utilizing a risk assessment instrument. Secure detention is only applied in those cases when a minor, as a result of their actions or behavior, presents a significant threat to the community an imminent risk of harm to themselves, risk to the person or property of others or demonstrates a significant likelihood they will not appear at future court appearances. VCPA is committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for youth in those situations where detention is deemed necessary, which both assures safety to the community and is conducive to the goals of rehabilitation.

4worldlovers: Appointments are required for service at the Civil, Small Claims and Family Law Clerks’ Offices at the Hall of Justice (Ventura) and at the Clerk’s Office at the Juvenile Courthouse (Oxnard). Appointments are also required for Family Law and Civil Self-Help; Records & Exhibits; Collections; and Family Law Mediation. (See below: “Schedule an Appointment”). Walk-in service is not currently available. No appointments are necessary for the outside walk-up windows at the Hall of Justice and the East County Courthouse (Simi Valley) which are open for Criminal/Traffic and Collection Filings/Payments.

E-Delivery and the drop boxes at the Hall of Justice and the Juvenile Courthouse are available for Civil, Small Claims, Family Law, Probate, and Appeals filings up to 4 p.m., Monday - Friday. Documents may also be submitted through U.S. mail.

Remote appearance may be available for certain hearings. Click on Remote Appearances below for more information about the process to request a remote appearance in Civil, Family Law and Probate hearings. You can also visit the Divisions tab for your type of case to see what type of appearance may be available.

The court continues to broadcast live audio streams of certain court proceedings pursuant to the provisions and limitations of Amended Administrative Order 21.25.

Civil Mandatory Settlement Conferences are conducted in Courtroom 22. If a party/attorney is not able to appear remotely using the Zoom platform they are to contact the Courtroom 22 judicial secretary for a continuance. (Please consult the “Civil” Divisions tab on this website for further details).

4worldlovers:
We, as members of the Oxnard Police Department, are committed to the following core values in providing the people of Oxnard with personalized and effective service:

We value the cultural diversity within our community and within our department.

We value the partnerships we form with all members of our community.

On behalf of the Oxnard Police Department, I am proud to welcome you to our website!

4worldlovers:
If you have been arrested for a criminal offense, including DUI, remember that you only get one chance to handle the situation correctly. Hiring an experienced, effective Ventura County criminal defense attorney at the very beginning is the most important decision you will make. Call me as soon as possible to schedule a free consultation to discuss your case. I will listen to you, explain the law, address what is going to happen in court, answer your questions, tell you what potential sentence you are facing, and propose what my strategy would be to handle your case, including a fee quote. The only risk is not calling me.

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Felony DUIs present a whole different situation to which special care must be given. That is because on any felony DUI you run the risk of going to state prison. A DUI can be a felony either because it is your fourth offense in the last 10 years, or because you were in an accident and caused injury to another person.

In the right circumstance, a DUI with injury can be reduced to a misdemeanor even if the case cannot be dismissed. One of the primary factors impacting whether or not an injury DUI is a felony is the scope of the injury to the other party. Major injuries will likely result in felony charges, whereas more minor injuries make the case susceptible to being reduced to a misdemeanor either by the district attorney or the judge following a request or motion on my part.

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