Another L.A. juvenile hall fails inspection weeks after Central Juvenile Hall evacuation

After about 140 youths were transferred to Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, the facility failed inspection. Barry J. Nidorf juvenile hall failed an inspection by state regulators Thursday, just weeks after approximately 140 youths were hastily transferred there due to the shutdown of Los Angeles County’s other troubled juvenile facility. Last month, the Probation Department hastily transferred 140 youths to Nidorf Hall from the long troubled Central Juvenile Hall ahead of a scheduled BSCC inspection. “They still had some issues with room confinement by not consistently meeting their self-imposed one-hour time limit during shift changes,” Cone wrote in an email to The Times, noting that the board would take into consideration the fact that staff are “dealing with the increased population from Central and appear to be making strides toward compliance.” In a statement issued late Friday, the Probation Department said it had implemented a new directive to fix the problem, and officials had “not determined that the youth will be moved to any other location” and will stay in Nidorf. “With this failed inspection, it has put the youth at Barry J. Nidorf and Central Juvenile halls at further risk which will require swift and decisive action from the Probation Department’s leadership, with oversight from the Probation Oversight Commission and the Board, to come up with a plan to get the two county juvenile halls up to standard while temporarily finding a more suitable place for the youth,” she said.