At least 30 Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall officers are charged with child abuse for reportedly permitting "gladiator fights" ...

Criminal charges of child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy, and violence have been brought against thirty detention services personnel at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.

Prosecutors accuse some officers at the youth detention centre of acting as 'referees' as dozens of fights ensued.

An indictment reveals that 69 fights, involving 143 victims aged 12 to 18, occurred at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall between July and December 2023, with officers allegedly overseeing the violence.

Thirty officers have been accused of staging dozens of brutal "gladiator fights" at a youth detention facility in California.

The fights occurred over a six-month period 2023 and involved 143 victims ranging in age from 12 to 18, according to the ...

Thirty officers at a juvenile detention facility in Southern California face charges from the state for allegedly running ...

Officers had allowed and in some cases encouraged fights between teens being held at a detention center in Downey, Calif., ...

Thirty officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating ...

More than two dozen Los Angeles County probation officers are charged with child abuse for so-called "gladiator fights" at a juvenile detention facility.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged some officers promoted, watched and covered up the fights that occurred over a ...

The alleged incidents occurred in the second half of 2023, where at least 143 children and teens between 12 and 18 years old participated in 69 fights at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, ...