A state oversight board ordered the hall shut down by Dec ... improvements and releasing youth inside would be reckless. “No one should be released from juvenile hall,” he told the judge.

The judge’s delay comes after state regulators agreed to a new inspection of the Downey facility that could render any ...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has, once again, delayed ruling on whether to shut down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, the county’s largest youth detention facility, as it continues to ...