The officers allegedly “allowed” and even “encouraged” 69 fights to occur between over 140 youths at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in California Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

31, 2023, at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall — a facility already facing criticism from state agencies for staffing issues and unsuitable conditions. The youth involved in the fights ranged from 12 ...

The charges, unsealed Monday, follow a more than yearlong investigation into the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County sparked by a video showing multiple officers doing ...

“Officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall have a duty to ensure the safety and well-being of those under their care. Instead, the officers charged today did just the opposite — overseeing ...

Thirty Los Angeles County detention officers face felony charges — including child endangerment, abuse and battery — stemming from accusations that they allowed youths in juvenile hall to ...

Thirty Los Angeles based correctional officers held 'gladiator'-style fights between detainees inside a juvenile hall, a bombshell indictment has alleged. Officers looking after youths kept ...

A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County allowed and sometimes encouraged nearly 70 fights to take place between July 2023 and December 2023.

Thirty corrections officers at a California juvenile hall have been indicted on child abuse charges after allegedly coordinating “gladiator fights” between minors for at least six months ...

Rather than working toward rehabilitation and eventual reintegration into society, nearly 150 children at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County were allegedly subjected to what's been ...