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

Thirty officers working at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in L.A. County face criminal charges for allegedly facilitating "gladiator fights" among detained teenagers, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged some officers promoted, watched and covered up the fights that occurred over a six-month span in 2023.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – An unsealed grand jury indictment confirmed the announcement by California Attorney General Rob Bonta Monday that 30 detention services officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey have been indicted for conspiracy, child endangerment and abuse, and battery – 22 were arraigned Monday.

An indictment alleges that the officers "allowed and, in some instances, encouraged" 69 fights among youth detainees at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.

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Thirty officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called “gladiator fights” between youth in their care.

Dozens of detention officers at a Southern California juvenile hall face charges after allegedly encouraging fights between youth detainees, according to Attorney General Rob Bonta.

A grand jury indictment accused the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey of allowing or encouraging 69 fights between youths ages 12 to 18, Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a Monday, March 3, news release.

Thirty detention officers who worked in a California juvenile hall have been indicted on charges of child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy and battery after prosecutors claimed they facilitated 'gladiator fights' between youths,

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