Opinion
LA County's juvenile hall failure was decades in the making
W hen Los Angeles County’s two juvenile halls repeatedly flunked inspections over the last three years, the Probation Department simply reopened a previously closed hall and mov ...
Los Angeles County probation officers charged with staging 'gladiator fights' at juvenile hall
More than two dozen Los Angeles County probation officers are charged with child abuse for so-called "gladiator fights" at a ...
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30 LA County detention officers face charges over 'gladiator fights' among youth at juvenile hall
An indictment alleges that the officers "allowed and, in some instances, encouraged" 69 fights among youth detainees at Los ...
30 LA County probation employees indicted for allegedly staging ‘gladiator fights’ at juvenile hall
The fights occurred over a six-month period 2023 and involved 143 victims ranging in age from 12 to 18, according to the ...
At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictment, sources say
At least 20 L.A. County probation officers have been indicted as part of a criminal investigation launched by the California ...
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Guards at juvenile hall charged with orchestrating ‘gladiator fights’
conspiracy and battery for allowing more than 100 teenagers to participate in “gladiator fight” matchups at a Los Angeles County juvenile hall, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D ...