A group of parishes along the Mississippi River is seeking more than $36 million in state funds to create a juvenile jail on ...

An Owensboro man was arrested on multiple charges after authorities say sexually explicit photos and videos of a juvenile ...

A Rochester man will be serving eight years in prison for recording a child in the shower. Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s ...

It’s common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

A recent statehouse hearing has brought attention to Maryland's policy of not monitoring phone calls at youth detention facilities, a practice ...

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

A Kentucky juvenile justice guard broke the arms of two teens at McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Paducah, ...

Wyoming has for decades incarcerated juvenile offenders at the highest rates in the nation. The state’s multi-year efforts to reduce those numbers have been hampered, in part, by an unclear ...

The proposed facility would create a new home for the West Central Regional Juvenile Center’s non-secure programs, including transitional housing programs for at-risk boys and girls.

Tulsa County Juvenile Detention Center hosts first graduation ceremony ...

A mother is charged with obstruction and assault on an officer after police found a missing teenager hiding in her hotel room.

Despite a federal civil-rights investigation, problems continue at Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, a Herald-Leader ...