Court accepts probation's depopulation plan for Los Padrinos; supervisors press for safeguards and reporting

Lede: Probation officials told the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on June 3 that the Superior Court accepted a court‑filed plan to significantly reduce the population at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall by moving some youth to county camps and reconfiguring others, a step aimed at regaining compliance with the Board of State and Community Corrections.

Nut graf: The department presented details about immediate transfers, use of Camp Page to take in youth ordered to camp, consolidation of girls at Camp Kilpatrick and use of Dorothy Kirby for higher‑needs youth. The court added reporting and reassessment requirements and asked for additional assessments of youth for possible placement at the state Pine Grove fire camp. Supervisors pressed probation on timelines, medical coverage, staffing shortages and family visitation plans; advocates and youth groups urged alternatives to incarceration and accountability for past harms.

Body: Chief Probation Officer Guillermo Villarosa briefed the board on the changes he said the court accepted. “The plan was accepted by the court,” Villarosa told the board, and outlined a sequence in which Camp Page would be…