US EditionCalifornia asks court to give state control of Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile halls
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 23 – California AG Rob Bonta seeks court-appointed management after Los Angeles County juvenile halls failed to comply with 75% of court-ordered reforms amid violence and drug overdoses.
- On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked a court to place Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls in receivership, noting it’s the first time the Department of Justice has ever taken such an action.
- Despite a December closure order, the county refused to comply and at a July 18 court hearing, the county admitted it had made little progress toward mandated reforms.
- A July 17, 2025 report found insufficient operational cameras, delayed use-of-force reviews, and decontamination lapses, while Bonta announced plans for receivership and overdose reports surge.
- Supervisor Janice Hahn said `I wholeheartedly support receivership`, while Supervisor Kathryn Barger called it `a long time coming`, and the unions stated it `could reshape a broken system`.
- A hearing is slated for August 15, 2025, and Bonta asked the court to establish a compensation fund for incarcerated youth, with a receiver potentially in place by summer's end.
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California Attorney General to Seek Receivership for Los Angeles County Juvenile Halls
LOS ANGELES—Citing what he called repeated operational failures at Los Padrinos and Barry J. Nidorf juvenile halls, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said July 23 his office will move to establish a receivership for Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile detention system. At a downtown Los Angeles news conference, Bonta pointed to ongoing issues with the county’s management of the juvenile halls, citing youth-on-youth violence at Los Padrinos in …
California Attorney General seeks state takeover of L.A. County juvenile halls – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
LOS ANGELES — Citing what he called repeated operational failures at Los Padrinos and Barry J. Nidorf juvenile halls, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office will move to establish a receivership for Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile detention system. At a downtown Los Angeles news conference July 23, Bonta pointed to ongoing issues with the county’s management of the juvenile halls, citing youth-on-youth violence at Los Padrinos i…
AG Bonta Wants Los Angeles County Juvenile Halls Under Receivership – California Globe
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Wednesday that he is asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to place Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls into a receivership following the County’s repeated failure to adhere to a 2021 settlement because of mismanagement and unsafe conditions. “Today, for the first time in my office’s history, we are asking a court to place the subject of a pattern-and-practice investigation into receivership. This d…
State AG seeks receivership for LA County juvenile halls
By Signal Staff California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday that he is asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to place Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls into a receivership amid the county’s persistent failure to comply with a stipulated judgment, enforcement order, and two stipulated amendments secured by the Attorney General’s Office since 2021, said a news release from Bonta’s office. In the filing, the state attorney…
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