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California Juvenile Detention Officers Staged ‘Gladiator Fights’ Between Youth, Indictment Says

LOS ANGELES — Thirty officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called "gladiator fights" between youth in their care, the state's attorney general said Monday. A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County...

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