Troubled juvenile hall gets another lifeline after judge punts decision on closure
Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza is seemingly swayed by having no good alternatives for where the roughly 230 youths ...
Judge delays ruling on Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall closure again
The judge’s delay comes after state regulators agreed to a new inspection of the Downey facility that could render any ...
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Emergency declaration at LA juvenile hall is ‘too little too late’
Youth justice advocates say that the county’s decision this week to declare a state of emergency at Los Angeles County’s only juvenile hall goes against the county’s pledge to prioritize a ...
LA County, struggling to supervise ‘high-risk’ probationers, pleads for help
The Probation Department’s failure to properly supervise probationers was blamed, in part, for the deaths of two El Monte ...
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Time is running out for LA County’s largest juvenile hall
A last-minute reinspection of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall by state officials may decide the fate of Los Angeles County’s largest juvenile hall, but only if a state oversight board decides to give ...
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LA County judge weighing shutdown of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered Probation Department officials to appear for a Dec. 23 hearing to explain why Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall should not be shut down. The judge ...
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LA County probation officials defend decision not to evacuate juvenile hall in Sylmar
Following some public criticism about the county’s decision not to evacuate Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar ... Addressing the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Chief ...
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Judge delays ruling on Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall closure again
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has, once again, delayed ruling on whether to shut down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, the county’s largest youth detention facility, as it continues to ...