The Ohio Department of Youth Services, on Friday, announced it will be building four smaller juvenile detention facilities in ...

Young people have been chained to benches at police stations for hours as county officials try to find appropriate housing, ...

The grandmother of a 17-year-old boy being held at the Minnehaha County Regional Juvenile Detention Center is voicing concerns over the care he is receiving, the conditions at the facility and the ...

H. Lynn Hadnot has been named Dallas County's juvenile director. He'll oversees the juvenile department, and the detention ...

Despite a letter and paperwork to transfer oversight of the youth detention center from the sheriff to court, the transition ...

A flurry of end of year filings over the operation and transportation of juveniles is set for Shelby County Chancery Court ...

The Supreme Court ruled that a convict was a minor at the time of a 2013 crime in Faizabad, releasing him from life ...

Ahead of the 2025 legislative session, Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said he plans to advocate for future changes in ...

"This is an extremely disturbing situation," Assistant Chief Deputy Wesley Richerson said during a news conference on Monday.

According to the Office of the Inspector General, youth were confined to their rooms for a total of 119,300 hours in 2023-24, ...

Police have made a second arrest in a deadly shooting in Hillview that happened last year. Hillview police said they arrested ...

Tennessee children who commit a delinquent or criminal act may be classified as a serious offender once a "blended sentencing ...