The move comes just days before a deadline to move some 300 incarcerated youths out of the facility if the L.A. County probation department failed to meet requirements related to safety, staffing and other matters.
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The Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey and the Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment Facility in Sylmar could shut down if they do not rectify these issues, officials say.