One year ago, state regulators, fed up with Los Angeles County’s repeated failure to maintain minimum standards for juveniles in its custody, took the nearly unprecedented step of ordering the ...

A young man has filed a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County. He says he was sexually assaulted by a staff member while housed at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. The allegation comes only months ...

Parademics took six staff members and one youth to local hospitals after a suspected overdose and possible drug exposure at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. The Los Angeles County Probation Department said ...

About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight ...

Ambulances responded to Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey on Wednesday for possible overdoses involving multiple people. Rich Prickett reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on July 2, 2025.

Police arrested a nonprofit worker on Monday after he allegedly smuggled drugs into Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. The Los Angeles County Probation Department said investigators arrested Alejandro Lopez ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A $2.7 million settlement has been reached with a teenager at the center of a so-called "gladiator" fight at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. The disturbing incident was caught on ...

DOWNEY, Calif. (CNS) -- A judge on Friday approved plans by the county Probation Department to draw down the number of youth detainees being held at the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, ...

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 ...

A Los Angeles County judge took a major step Friday toward shutting down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, months after a state oversight body found it “unsuitable” to house youth. Judge Miguel ...