The Probation Department has been struggling for years to stop the flow of drugs into its detention facilities.

Alejandro Lopez, 21, of Downey and Orlando Cuevas, 18, of Long Beach each face felony charges after investigators with the ...

The probation chief praised prosecutors and his own internal affairs investigators for their “swift and thorough work” in making the arrest.

Probation officials said several youths and staff members were hospitalized after a 'suspected overdose and possible exposure ...

A tutor and a young man incarcerated at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey have been charged with smuggling scores of Xanax ...

Tutor and Young Adult Ward Charged in Plot to Smuggle Xanax into Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles County DA Reports ...

Authorities said they suspect Alejandro Lopez tried to bring 170 white pills, believed to be Xanax, into Los Padrinos ...

The 21-year-old man was released from jail after the court denied the district attorney’s request to set his bail at $25,000.

Los Angeles County will reopen a shuttered juvenile hall in Sylmar, move girls in its custody to a remote location in the Santa Monica Mountains and shuffle juveniles elsewhere to cut the ...

LA County probation officer charged with bringing drugs into Sylmar juvenile hall District Attorney Nathan Hochman said such abuse of power 'endangers youth, undermines rehabilitation, and makes ...

A contracted tutor and a juvenile hall inmate were charged Wednesday, ... In May 2023, 18-year-old Bryan Diaz of Wilmington, a detainee, died from a fentanyl overdose at the Sylmar facility.

Los Angeles County will reopen a shuttered juvenile hall in Sylmar, move girls in its custody to a remote location in the Santa Monica Mountains and shuffle juveniles elsewhere to cut the population ...