California Attorney General Rob Bonta claims the Los Angeles County juvenile halls have failed to address illegal and unsafe conditions.

California's top prosecutor said Wednesday he has asked a court to give the state control of Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile detention facilities because incarcerated young people are enduring unsafe conditions,

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will ask a judge to place L.A. County's juvenile halls in 'receivership,' effectively wrestling control of the youth halls away from the L.A. County Probation Departments after years of scandals,