| Address/phone | Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall 7285 Quill Drive Downey, CA 90242 (map) (866) 931-2222 |
| Visiting hours | Saturdays and Sundays from 1pm to 4pm |
| Capacity | 442 beds |
| Campus |
37 buildings including 9 dorms |
Established in 1957, Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, CA, functions as a detention facility for children awaiting court proceedings and serving juvenile sentences through the California Division of Juvenile Justice.
After closing in 2019, the facility is reopening in July of 2023 after a $117 million renovation.
Below our Los Angeles criminal defense lawyers will provide information about the following:
- 1. What are the intake and release procedures?
- 2. How do I contact my child at Los Padrinos?
- 3. What are the visiting hours for Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall?
- 4. How do I send mail?
We also invite you to visit our related pages on Eastlake Juvenile Hall, the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, the juvenile court process, sealing juvenile court records, and when minors can get tried in adult court.
1. What are the intake and release procedures?
When minors become residents at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, staff provides them with personal toiletries to maintain their hygiene. They are also provided with clothing that is replaced on a regular basis or as necessary while detained at the facility.
When children get released from the facility, they will be discharged wearing their own personal clothing that they wore when admitted into the facility. All personal belongings that were stored for them upon intake will also be released with them at this time.
2. How do I contact my child at Los Padrinos?
Minors at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall may call out at certain times during the day. Incoming calls are not permissible.
For any concerns regarding your child’s status while detained at the facility, you may contact the Supervising Probation Officer at (562) 940-8681 24/7.
3. What are the visiting hours for Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall?
Visiting hours are on Saturdays and Sundays between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
Visitation is restricted to parents and legal guardians only. Other visitors must be preapproved by the courts, facility, or probation department.
While visiting at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, you may only bring two keys attached to a key ring and one form of identification. You are subject to a search by the staff.
Attire must be appropriate, and shoes must not be open-toe.
4. How do I send mail?
The best way to communicate with your child will be through mail correspondence. Use the address:
[your child’s name]
Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
7285 Quill Drive
Downey, CA 90242
All mail is subject to inspection and review by the Probation Officer at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall for security purposes. Unless the mail correspondence is with your child’s lawyer, there is no mail privacy at the facility.
For proper delivery, all mail must have a return address and must not have any slogans or images that pertain to gang-related activities. Although you may send photographs to your child, they may not possess more than five photographs at any given time.
Once a minor is a resident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, they receive sufficient writing materials to correspond through mail with you.
For more information, see the Los Angeles Times article As L.A. County moves youths out of troubled juvenile halls, will anything change? by James Queally and Rebecca Ellis on July 8, 2023.