California Juvenile Detention Abuse Claims

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall

Downey, Los Angeles County, California

About this facility

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall is a juvenile detention center in Downey, run by the Los Angeles County Probation Department. It has held young people waiting for court dates and placements for decades. It closed for a period and later reopened, and state regulators have reviewed conditions there more than once.

Los Angeles County approved settlements totaling about 4.8 billion dollars in 2025. Payments to approved claimants began in 2026, and roughly 2,500 more claims are still pending. New claims are still being filed and evaluated. Every claim is verified.

Who may qualify

• You were held in a California juvenile facility before you turned 18.
• Some of your time there was in 2009 or later.
• You are under 40 today.
• A staff member hurt you, or a staff member set up what happened.
• The abuse involved direct physical sexual contact.
• You do not already have a lawyer for this.

This is a plain summary, not legal advice. A legal team decides what fits.