LOS ANGELES -- Thirty Los Angeles County detention officers have been charged for their alleged role in facilitating "gladiator fights" between youth detainees at a juvenile hall in Downey, California ...

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.

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 ...

One youth and six staff members at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey were taken to local hospitals Wednesday morning after a suspected overdose and the possible exposure to an “unidentified ...

At least one person was taken to a hospital Wednesday following a possible overdose at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. County Probation Department officials said authorities responded to a ...

A judge approved Los Angeles County Probation's plan to move more than 100 youth detainees out of the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. "This plan reflects our continued commitment to balancing ...

Aerial view of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Nine people were hospitalized Wednesday morning because of possible drug exposure inside Los Padrinos ...

No one would ever think of any juvenile hall in the nation as an easy place to work. (Or, for that matter, if you were a wayward kid, to be incarcerated.) Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, run by Los ...