Officers had allowed and in some cases encouraged fights between teens being held at a detention center in Downey, Calif., the state’s attorney general said.

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.

The officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall are also charged with child endangerment, conspiracy, and battery, California's Attorney General said.