Overview

• Attorney General Rob Bonta will petition a judge to place LA County’s juvenile halls into receivership following persistent safety and oversight failures.
• A court-appointed receiver would assume full control over operations, staffing and budgets, supplanting the county Probation Department’s authority.
• State investigations since 2018 have catalogued recurring riots, drug overdoses and a teenager’s death under chronic staffing shortages.
• Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall remains under an unsuitability declaration and is slated for closure under a May court-approved depopulation plan.
• Nearly 30 probation officers were indicted this year for staging violent "gladiator fights" among detained youths, highlighting ongoing misconduct.