Los Angeles County's troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey appears to be on the verge of closure, with a judge issuing a tentative order Friday calling on the county to develop a plan for ...

Three youths suffered drug overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey on Friday, the latest scandal at a beleaguered facility that was supposed to close last year after a state oversight body ...

Troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall will remain open through at least April after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge delayed a ruling — for the third time — on whether to shutter the facility ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has enacted emergency powers, typically reserved for disasters, to speed up the hiring and firing of probation officers and allow for the deployment of ...

A Los Angeles County judge ordered Friday, April 18, that officials develop a plan to depopulate the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, calling the facility “unlawful” and demanding that in-custody ...