Thirty probation officers have been charged with allowing — and even encouraging — scores of “gladiator fights” at a California juvenile detention center involving at least 143 young inmates.

Officers had allowed and in some cases encouraged fights between teens being held at a detention center in Downey, Calif., the state’s attorney general said.

The fights occurred over a six-month period 2023 and involved 143 victims ranging in age from 12 to 18, according to the ...

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

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced charges against 30 probation officers at a juvenile detention for encouraging dozens of fights between youth detainees.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged some officers promoted, watched and covered up the fights that occurred over a ...

Between July 1 and Dec. 31 of 2023, detention officers allowed — and, in some instances, even encouraged — 69 gladiator fights to occur between 143 youth in their care." He added: "We're talking about ...

Video footage from July through December 2023 captured the accused guards having “allowed and, in some instances, encouraged” 69 fights among kids at the detention center. The “gladiator ...

The court documents identify 69 incidents over a six-month period ... "These so-called 'gladiator fights' resulted in physical harm to youth involved and, if the charges are proven, were a ...

The officers allegedly “allowed” and even “encouraged” 69 fights to occur between over 140 youths at Los Padrinos Juvenile ...

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, ...