More than half of youths in L.A. County juvenile detention facilities were in quarantine this week
Print More than half of the youths in L.A. County’s juvenile detention facilities were in quarantine this week — a move that officials say was done out of an abundance of caution after a surge in positive cases of the coronavirus among staff. According to the department’s Dec. 8 daily report on coronavirus in its facilities, 272 of its 521 youths in juvenile halls and camps were in quarantine due to possible exposure to COVID-19. Ten youths were also in isolation after testing positive. During a Probation Commission meeting Thursday, Tom Faust, acting chief deputy of juvenile services,...