One year ago, state regulators, fed up with Los Angeles County’s repeated failure to maintain minimum standards for juveniles in its custody, took the nearly unprecedented step of ordering the ...

The officers allegedly “allowed” and even “encouraged” 69 fights to occur between over 140 youths at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in California Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

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 ...

A judge approved Los Angeles County Probation's plan to move more than 100 youth detainees out of the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. "This plan reflects our continued commitment to balancing ...

California's attorney general on Monday announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 30 detention officers assigned to a Los Angeles-area juvenile hall with child abuse for allegedly allowing and ...

Officials lifted a lockdown at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey on Saturday night, less than a day after 13 detainees assaulted guards, breached their units and attempted to escape by scaling the ...

A civilian contract tutor for incarcerated youth was charged with multiple felonies for allegedly smuggling a controlled substance into Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, the Los Angeles District ...