Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa says he is rooting out staff members “perpetrating a culture of violence, drugs, or abuse in County juvenile institutions.”
Los Angeles County moved some 275 youths to Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, pictured here, in May 2023. The Los Angeles County Probation Department put four more probation officers on administrative leave following an internal review of additional incidents of youth-on-youth violence at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, the department announced Friday, April 26.from the juvenile hall in January for standing by during — and potentially orchestrating — fights between youth.
Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa, in a statement, said he is rooting out staff members “perpetrating a culture of violence, drugs, or abuse in County juvenile institutions.”“While these incidents involve a small number of our staff, they violate our core values and undermine our ability to do our duty to provide a safe and nurturing environment for the rehabilitation of the youth placed in our care,” Viera Rosa said.
Eduardo Mundo, chair of the county Probation Oversight Commission and a former supervising probation officer, said he recently learned the department did not regularly review surveillance footage after fights unless officers reported a physical intervention.“If that’s what is happening, I assure you there is going to be more to come,” Mundo said.
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