Some states keep adding beds in already troubled facilities, while others are trying alternative approaches to detention or ...

An oversight agency has filed a federal lawsuit against Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice, alleging it is wrongly refusing to release records of two teenage boys it says experienced abuse and ...

Juvenile justice experts gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday for a joint hearing of the House Children and Youth and Judiciary committees.

Chief Eric Echevarria said Illinois' system needs reforms after a juvenile who had been released after an arrest was accused ...

Also happening this week, a Nashville chancellor heard arguments about the National Guard deployment and a former Grizz star ...

Police said the crash occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday on Potash Avenue, where the juvenile hit a parked pickup ...

In town halls and in conversations with community associations across Maryland over the past two years, citizens have expressed concern with the state of our juvenile justice system. Maryland ...

Nearly one in every 10 crimes in South Carolina last year was committed by a teenager or child.That’s according to the South ...

The bills would require judges to refer some students to diversion programs instead of detention and eliminate most fines and ...