Youth escapes after riot at Los Padrinos

DOWNEY — A juvenile resident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey is back at the facility Saturday after escaping during a brawl with detention staff members that prompted a large police response.

Officers from the Downey Police Department, Downey Fire Department, the South Gate Police Department and deputies from the Lakewood Sheriff's Station responded to the juvenile hall just after 9 p.m. Friday in response to a report of one youth assaulting a staff member at the recently reopened facility.

A spokeswoman with the Los Angeles County Probation Department, which runs the facility, said the youth who escaped was quickly apprehended by Probation Special Enforcement Operations officers.

" Youth and staff who were impacted by the disturbance are being evaluated by medical staff; however, no serious injuries to youth or staff were reported," she told City News Service. "All youth are accounted for."

Officers and deputies searched nearby neighborhoods and Los Amigos Golf Course after learning one of the juveniles housed at the facility had escaped during the fight.

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall reopened this month with 274 pre- disposition youths previously housed at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar and Central Juvenile Hall in Boyle Heights transferred to the 26-acre campus in Downey.

County probation officials are boosting security measures at the facility.