Juvenile Hall serves as an institutional setting that temporarily houses youth for primarily two reasons: prior to their court dates and/or after their adjudication, pending transitional placement/services. Los Angeles County Probation houses all pre-disposition youth at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.
LOS PADRINOS JUVENILE HALL
7285 Quill Dr.
Downey, CA 90242
(562) 940-8681
Housing all Pre-disposition youth
Watch the Los Padrinos Visitors Guide Video here.
PARA VER LA GUIA DE VISITANTES DE LOS PADRINOS EN ESPAÑOL OPRIMA AQUÍ
Family visitation is a vital component of the rehabilitation process and is strongly encouraged by the Probation Department. Through this process youth are provided an opportunity to engage in private and confidential conversations under the supervision of Juvenile Hall Staff. Once a youth arrives in Juvenile Hall they will be requested to provide a list of relatives including mother, father, legal guardians and grandparents. During the orientation process each youth is informed of the facility’s visitation schedules, rules and procedures, and is provided a Rules and Rights Handbook, that also stipulates visitation rules and procedures. Family may visit on either Saturday OR Sunday (not both) and may attend either during the 12:00 PM-2:00 PM visitation or the 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM visitation times. Visiting is day/hour based on youth’s housing unit.
Please see Housing Unit Schedule: English Spanish
Please note: Day and time availability may depend on Youth’s Housing Unit. Please call Juvenile Hall (562) 940-8681 to confirm Housing Unit schedule for the day.
- Approved visits are limited to parents, legal guardians, or persons standing in loco parentis, grandparents and children of youth. A legal guardian must bring verification to the facility to be approved.
- Visits by persons other than those listed above are considered Special Visits, and require prior permission, that may be obtained via a court, DPO, or facility management.
- Youth’s minister, priest, rabbi, or other authorized religious chaplain may visit on weekdays with coordination from the appropriate religious facility coordinator. They are not allowed to visit during regular visiting hours this is considered a Special Visit.
- All visitors must be 21 yrs. of age, unless authorized by a court order, which would then be classified as a special visit and would require permission as listed above.
- Visitors must bring a valid government issued photo identification to be cleared to enter the facility and are not permitted to bring any items other than one (1) key on a single key ring and their identification.
- All visitors are to be appropriately dressed and must wear closed toe shoes.
- Visitors are not permitted to bring personal items to youth.
- Once verified all visitors are subject to search. Note: Visiting hour searches are conducted by narcotic detection canines.
Visitation Restricted Items List (English) Visiting Juvenile Hall (English)
Visitation Restricted Items List (Español) Visiting Juvenile Hall (Español)
Per Penal Code 4573: Violators shall be subject to arrest and criminal
prosecution under Penal Code (P.C.) Sections 4573 and/or 4574
(a) Except when otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of the prison or other institution referred to in this section or by an officer of the institution empowered by the person in charge of the institution to give the authorization, any person, who knowingly brings or sends into, or knowingly assists in bringing into, or sending into, any state prison, prison road camp, prison forestry camp, or other prison camp or prison farm or any other place where prisoners of the state are located under the custody of prison officials, officers or employees, or into any county, city and county, or city jail, road camp, farm or other place where prisoners or inmates are located under custody of any sheriff, chief of police, peace officer, probation officer or employees, or within the grounds belonging to the institution, any controlled substance, the possession of which is prohibited by Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code, any device, contrivance, instrument, or paraphernalia intended to be used for unlawfully injecting or consuming a controlled substance, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three, or four years.
(b) The prohibitions and sanctions addressed in this section shall be clearly and prominently posted outside of, and at the entrance to, the grounds of all detention facilities under the jurisdiction of, or operated by, the state or any city, county, or city and county.