Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza is seemingly swayed by having no good alternatives for where the roughly 230 youths ...
The judge’s delay comes after state regulators agreed to a new inspection of the Downey facility that could render any ...
One morning last May, 16-year-old Abdul Anderson stood slouched against a wall at Cove Secure, a juvenile institution on the ...
They’re children,” Luis Rodriguez ... “No one should be released from juvenile hall,” he told the judge. “They’re doing the best they can.” Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa ...
“You are asking the court to jump off a cliff into an experiment that would be conducted on these children,” Espinoza said at a court hearing Friday. Read more: Judge holds off on ordering shutdown of ...
Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall will remain open until at least early January after a judge delayed a decision on ordering the troubled facility to close amid concerns about inadequate staffing levels and ...