
The BSCC’s findings are especially troubling in light of the death. A search of their unit uncovered 11 fentanyl pills, two additional unknown pills, large bindles of what appeared to be fentanyl, a crushed pill on a windowsill and a makeshift straw with a white residue on it, the inspector general’s report stated.Īt the time, a letter from interim Chief Karen Fletcher to the supervisors stated the department was already working on ways to address the flow of illicit substances, including utilizing more K-9 searches. In light of the apparent lack of progress, the BSCC staff now is asking the board, which is slated to meet again May 23, to declare the halls “unsuitable,” a designation that would force the county to close the facilities within 60 days if it is unable to pass a new inspection.īoth were saved through the use of Narcan, which reverses opiate overdoses. The report indicates directors at both juvenile halls had not even seen the county’s plan during the visits, though the county’s proposal was submitted to the state in March and officials assured the BSCC that work was already underway at the April meeting.

County’s juvenile halls “unsuitable for the confinement of youth” at its April 13 meeting to give its staff time to evaluate whether the county’s plan was feasible and to verify that it “had taken the steps described in the plan towards implementation.” The BSCC previously delayed a vote that would have declared the L.A.

“Staffing remains at deficient levels and there is no indication that the remaining aspects of the plan could be timely implemented so that the facilities would come into compliance by June 12, 2023.” “While some aspects of some parts of the plan have been implemented, no significant items of noncompliance have been corrected,” the report states.

Nidorf and Central juvenile halls in late April and it became “immediately apparent that many of the activities outlined” in the county’s proposed plan for reforms “were not occurring as described,” according to the report from Deputy Director Allison Ganter, Field Representative Lisa Southwell and General Counsel Aaron Maguire. Los Angeles County’s two troubled juvenile halls could be shut down as soon as July 23, according to a newly released report to the Board of State and Community Corrections.
