State regulatory board declares LA County's Barry J. Nidorf and Central juvenile halls unsuitable to house pre-disposition youth.
Board members called the county's recently approved ``aggressive'' plans for an overhaul of its juvenile detention system too little, too late.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
The county Board of Supervisors has been struggling to overhaul the troubled juvenile justice system even as it assumes responsibility for youth being transferred to counties from the state's closing Juvenile Justice facilities. The plan also included the readjustment of millions of dollars for capital improvements at the juvenile halls, with overall costs anticipated to reach nearly $50 million. That plan also called on the sheriff's department to deploy volunteer reserve deputies to help fill holes in staffing.
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