Published by LAist
L.A. County will now have roughly 60 days to move about 300 youth out of Los Padrinos and 50 out of Nidorf’s Secure Youth Treatment Facility, which was also found unsuitable Thursday.
During hours of public comment at the board meeting Thursday, several speakers accused the county of shuffling young people around instead of addressing what they see as systemic problems within L.A. County’s Probation Department.
Dominique Davis with the Young Women’s Freedom Center urged the board to find both facilities unsuitable to hold young people.
“I’ve seen youths’ mental, physical and emotional well-being deteriorate as a result of the incarceration in these facilities,” Davis said.