More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois.

Clark County Commissioners voted on a proposal that would create new jobs for the juvenile detention center, but some are calling the move an effort in “union busting.” On ...

With an average length of stay of only 28 days, the Pennington County Juvenile Service Center works with kids daily through ...

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NC DPS) has unveiled a comprehensive analysis of juvenile crime trends over ...

The center was first opened in 1990. However, with decreasing numbers of juvenile offenders and an increased focus in the criminal justice system on restorative justice and putting juveniles in ...

ORDERED AS PART OF ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION AND THE JACK PROGRAM. PROBATION SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER. BUT COMMISSIONERS HAD A LOT OF FOCUS ON TWO MAJOR TOPICS IMPACTING JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

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

WAVE Troubleshooters have confirmed two managers were fired from the McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center following ...

A male inmate was pronounced dead Saturday morning at Denver’s Downtown Detention Center, according to the Denver Sheriff Department. The department wrote in a news release that the inmate was ...

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 ...

(WDRB) -- For the second year in a row, a bill has been filed in the Kentucky legislature that aims to combat overcrowding and poor conditions in the state's youth detention facilities. It also ...