The County Board of Supervisors adopted recommendations from the Probation Department aimed at expediting the movement of youths out of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall after their court cases are over.

The primary purpose of Los Padrinos is to house accused juvenile offenders while their cases are pending. Once their cases are completed, inmates are ordered by a judge to other facilities — such as a county camp, home detention or a secure youth treatment facility.

In July, the board approved a motion by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis requesting a Probation Department report assessing the long wait times for youth transferred out of LPJH, which creates a burden on the facility by increasing the population of inmates

The report released Sept. 23 found that youth ordered to be transferred to the county’s Dorothy Kirby Center experienced the longest average wait times, staying at Los Padrinos for more than two weeks.

The main reason, for about 56 percent of cases, was that the DKC was at capacity or there was a waiting list for a bed, according to the report. The second big reason was a delay in medical clearances.

For youth committed to a probation camp, the top reason for delay in moving was medical clearances, followed by inadequate staffing at the camp’s Assessment Unit.

Similarly, delays for youth willing to be placed in the community were caused by challenges in finding suitable placements.

On Wednesday, the board approved the following recommendations made in the report:

— cross-training staff from the Camp Headquarters Assessment Unit to expedite clearance completion;

— relocation of one or more Camp Headquarters employees to LPJH to speed up the evaluation process;

— continuing the existing process of completing part of the medical clearances once youth arrive at the camp facility or the Dorothy Kirby Center; and

— developing a process for better involvement of young people who refuse to participate in any part of the authorization process.

The council also called for the implementation of a system of continuous monitoring and evaluation of the transfer process, with periodic reports presented to the council.

Los Padrinos has been under scrutiny since it reopened last year.

In February, the California Board of State and Community Corrections declared Los Padrinos and Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment Facility in Sylmar inadequate to house youths, citing violations ranging from low staffing levels to training, educational programs, safety plans and inadequate disciplinary procedures. . The findings were reversed in April after the board determined enough improvements had been made to address the violations.

In the past year, the Board of Supervisors also addressed problems with the facility, including inadequate staffing, a lack of programming for youth inmates and long wait times for attorneys trying to meet with youth clients.