Some members of Allegheny County’s new Juvenile Detention Board of Advisors are raising tough questions that reflect some of ...

Proposed legislation in Kansas cracks open state guidelines to allow courts to sentence any kid deemed an offender to ...

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

Dallas County believes change is happening to improve juvenile detention. Unless they are overselling, it's the kind of modification that needs to happen. "In essence, we were taking kids who were not ...

State inspections have revealed critical issues in juvenile detention centers, including severe understaffing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day after the superintendent of Knox County's juvenile detention center dismissed two key staff members, Richard Bean reversed ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

Disclaimer: This research was funded in part by The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the R Street Institute. We thank them for their support; however, the findings and conclusions presented in this ...

When in recent years Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul investigated claims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church statewide, he was outspoken in his quest for justice. “… when such trust is ...

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. - Three children escaped a juvenile detention center in Hernando, Mississippi, early Sunday morning, the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office (DSCO) said. According to DSCO, on Sunday, ...