The state board overseeing correctional facilities has decided to allow Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall to continue housing incarcerated young people after meeting staffing and safety requirements.
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“L.A. appears to have remedied the outstanding items of non-compliance,” said Linda Penner, chair of the state board. “I also feel a need to point out that the problems in L.A. are long-standing and serious and this recommendation was not easy to formulate.”into Los Padrinos from two other facilities — Central Juvenile Hall and Barry J. Nidorf Hall — that the state board deemed unsuitable.
In a statement last week, the department also said it was “continuing to work to attract talented individuals passionate about community service and criminal justice reform” to fill openings for detention officers and a night supervisor.Some youth justice reform advocates expressed disappointment that Los Padrinos would be allowed to continue housing youths.
Those moves, Sherikar said, appeared to send a signal to the state board: “Look, we have this many bodies from probation in the facility on the day of your inspection. Everything is good.”Sherikar said she expects that Los Padrinos will be found to be out of compliance with state requirements within months.
Outside the meeting, Emilio Zapien, with the Youth Justice Coalition, pointed to several issues within the probation department that spurred protesters’ demands. He noted that eight officersin January for allegedly allowing fighting between youth, and a probation employee at Dorothy Kirby Center who was arrested on suspicion of “sex with an inmate” and other charges.“We’re at a precipice now where, almost a year ago, Bryan Diaz passed away inside of juvenile hall,” Zapien said.
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