"Los Angeles County's Juvenile Halls Granted Reprieve After Improvements"

Los Angeles County's troubled juvenile detention facilities, Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall and Central Juvenile Hall, have been allowed to remain open after state regulators lifted their "unsuitable" designation, despite failed inspections over safety issues and other problems. The Board of State and Community Corrections warned that the facilities must sustain improvements, and the county probation department acknowledged ongoing concerns and the need for further action. This decision comes as California shifts responsibility for youth prisons to counties, following a reform effort driven by a class-action lawsuit and incentives to keep youths out of the state system.