Nearly 20% of shifts at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall did not meet staffing minimums in July

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall failed to meet legally required staffing minimums for nearly 20% of its shifts in July despite the county’s controversial efforts to boost its numbers by involuntarily reassigning more than 100 field officers to the juvenile facility.

State regulators warned the county that Los Padrinos did not reach a mandated ratio of one officer per 10 youth for 15 of 87 shifts in July, according to a notice sent by the Board of State and Community Corrections, the regulatory...