Legislation to end the practice of charging youths as adults is a priority of the Office of the Public Defender and advocates, who are scheduled to outline their legislative agenda Thursday during a ...

The office says that ending the practice of automatically charging children as adults could free up an estimated $20 million for juvenile services to invest in community resources. “If we are ...

Cheltenham Youth Detention Center in Prince George’s County ... a Montgomery County resident whose teenage son was in DJS custody for about two months after being charged with armed robbery while with ...

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 ...

Teens arrested in Sangamon County will once again be held in the area after the Juvenile Detention Center reopened. Here's ...

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 ...

BLOOMINGTON — McLean County is home to one of the 10 juvenile detention centers in Illinois that have not passed state inspections in the last two years, according to an Illinois Department of ...

No student had previously completed the qualifications to graduate while in custody, but the Phoenix Rising program enabled ...

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