Inside The L.A. Juvenile Detention Center That’s Been Compared To A ‘Third World Country Prison’

Hundreds of kids in Los Angeles are languishing in a detention center that one probation monitor likens to a “Third World country prison.” According to a scathing new report on conditions in L.A. County’s main juvenile detention center, Central Juvenile Hall, some 200 kids — most of whom are waiting for their trials to start — are living in squalid units and tossed in solitary confinement for minor infractions.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/03/07/3757225/deplorable-conditions-for-juveniles-in-la-county-detention-center/