A teen is found dead of an overdose in an L.A. County juvenile hall on Tuesday morning, just weeks after a county report raised alarms about the facility.
A teenager was found dead of an apparent overdose inside one of L.A. County’s juvenile halls Tuesday morning, just weeks after a state oversight board, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
One official said an officer deployed Narcan, a nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose, but the teen could not be revived and was pronounced dead a short time later. The teen was no older than 18 and lived in the Secure Youth Track Facility, where youths accused of serious and violent crimes are housed, according to the source.Concerns about rampant drug use inside the Secure Youth Track Facility have been increasing in recent weeks. A report released by the L.A.
In a March hearing about those overdoses, an attorney representing one of the youths said they had recently been transitioned back to Los Angeles from the state Division of Juvenile Justice, which Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered closed in 2019 and will be fully shut down by July. During the hearing, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza expressed concern that the situation could soon turn fatal, as it did Tuesday.
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