Three youths suffered drug overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey on Friday, the latest scandal at a beleaguered facility that was supposed to close last year after a state oversight ...

Los Angeles County Superior Judge Miguel Espinoza signed off on the L.A. County Probation Department’s plan to relocate dozens of detainees from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, months ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta charged 30 corrections officers in Los Angeles County for allegedly enabling "gladiator fights" at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. "Officers at Los Padrinos ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- More than a dozen detention services officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy ...

Three youths held in the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall were rushed to the hospital Friday, April 11, for suspected drug overdoses, but authorities said all returned by the same evening after ...

A Los Angeles County judge ordered Friday, April 18, that officials develop a plan to depopulate the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, calling the facility “unlawful” and demanding that in ...

DOWNEY, Calif. (CNS) -- A judge on Friday approved plans by the county Probation Department to draw down the number of youth detainees being held at the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in ...

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey is nearing its permanent closure within the coming weeks after housing conditions were found unsuitable for minors. The juvenile hall has been through many ...

State authorities said this week that they were still finalizing a re-inspection of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. A judge is waiting on those results before deciding whether the county ...

An indictment alleges that the officers "allowed and, in some instances, encouraged" 69 fights among youth inmates at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall between July and December of 2023, according to a ...