Camp Kilpatrick is a juvenile detention facility in Malibu, California that inspired the movie 'Gridiron Gang' is shutting down its CIF sanctioned sports program during its construction and relocation period, with no promise of its return. 

The sports program, one of the only in the country to allow kids in juvenile detention to compete in high school sports, is "a second chance for troubled teenagers to learn about discipline, team work and sacrifice" (LA Times). 

Studies show that sports have a direct effect on reducing social problems in troubles teens, and are critical to the rehabilitation and success of these young men. 

Please sign to show Camp Kilpatrick, Malibu County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and the boys of Camp K that you support the continuation of the Camp Kilpatrick Sports Program. 

Read more here: 

Sports reduce social delinquency among adolescents ​

Camp Kilpatrick to shut down - LA Times​

Camp Kilpatrick​

Gridiron Gang film