A juvenile hall in Downey, long criticized for allegations of violence inside and operational issues will stay open despite a state order to shut down.
The juvenile hall has been through many inspections in the past year, the most recent being in October, when the hall failed a screening.>Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter.
Two other detention centers have already been shut down and the detainees were moved to Los Padrinos Jivenile Hall, the only one left in all of Los Angeles County. Los Padrinos opened last year after two juvenile detention centers in the county were forced to close when the state said those were also unsuitable for children.
Advocates for the children, including the Children's Defense Fund, are speaking out, saying that keeping the juvenile center open is breaking the law.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
Several groups have sent letters to the probation department, county supervisors and the juvenile court saying in one letter"we are prepared to seek resolution of this matter through litigation, if necessary."
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