The housing issue started in pre-adjudicated juvenile detention facilities as a large number of 17-year-olds needed to be ...

Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill which will hand out adult punishments to the worst juvenile offenders after they age ...

Prosecutors have also charged Jonathan Michael Hines with destroying evidence after investigators say he deleted a series of ...

The termination of Anthony Taylor was confirmed by Tulsa County Commissioner Stan Sallee. No reason was given. Justice advocates say there is evidence of widespread problems at the facility.

The first weekend of an emergency underage curfew at National Harbor produced no violators, according to the Prince George’s ...

The lawsuit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, follows similar harrowing allegations of child sex abuse at juvenile ...

A teen was arrested Tuesday following a SWAT standoff that lasted for hours. Court records show he faced charges less than a ...

Law Enforcement officials held a news conference Wednesday afternoon where they pledged their support for the Winston-Salem ...

Budding career criminals in Tennessee face a new crackdown as "blended sentencing" aims to take off the kid gloves for more serious youthful offenders.

Little is known about the two juvenile suspects taken into custody in the ongoing investigation into the death of a local ...

Governor Wes Moore is poised to sign the long-anticipated juvenile justice bill that Maryland leadership hopes will put an end to the excess of criminal activity committed by juveniles plaguing ...

The Juvenile Justice Reform Act, which prohibits charging young children as adults for certain acts, applies to cases pending ...