Bernalillo County's juvenile detention center is facing maximum capacity. Tara Marcantel, the director of the Bernalillo County Youth Service Center, said 68 out of 78 beds are filled. District ...

A correctional captain at the McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center was fired after reports state he broke two boys' ...

Commissioners are concerned over the increase in length of stay and the racial disparities in DCYC's latest report.

Apart from codifying the rights of children in custody, the legislature should hold hearings this winter where state ...

The state’s largest facility for youth offenders remains over capacity, with one legislator describing the situation at the ...

Tayvon Erwin-Morrison led a planned, group escape from a Lincoln youth detention center last summer after learning a Douglas ...

A sign and fence at the Green Hill School for juvenile offenders, in Chehalis, Washington. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard) Overcrowding at ...

There are 21 juvenile detention centers in Florida, including the center in Fort Lauderdale. Youths may be held there for 24 hours before they appear in court, or their stay could be 21 days ...

There are 21 juvenile detention centers in Florida, including the center in Fort Lauderdale. Youths may be held there for 24 hours before they appear in court, or their stay could be 21 days, and ...

The teenager who led a planned group escape from a Lincoln youth detention center last summer, where he had been placed for second-degree murder, had just learned that a Douglas County judge was ...

In a press conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will build a 30,000-bed detention center in Guantanamo Bay. His office also issued a memorandum without ...