Inspectors have found that Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey and a second facility are now in compliance with minimum state standards.
Los Angeles County moved some 275 youths to Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, pictured here, in May 2023. Staff at the Board of State and Community Corrections, the regulatory body that oversees California’s prisons and juvenile halls, say the two county-run facilities, Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey and the Barry J.
The redeployments stretch the department thin elsewhere to “come into momentary compliance to avoid a shutdown,” Sherikar said. For example, the BSCC previously dinged Los Padrinos for failing to maintain a state-required ratio of one probation officer for every 10 youth “consistently.” The more recent inspections, however, determined L.A.
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