Proposed legislation in Kansas cracks open state guidelines to allow courts to sentence any kid deemed an offender to ...

State inspections have revealed critical issues in juvenile detention centers, including severe understaffing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day after the superintendent of Knox County's juvenile detention center dismissed two key staff members, Richard Bean reversed ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Children are being locked in solitary confinement at a Tennessee juvenile detention center under conditions that experts say could amount to torture. The Tennessee Department of ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

Kids at the Durango Juvenile Detention Center are getting the chance to learn how to play the guitar. It helps them take their minds off of what's going on and allows them to heal and have something ...

Dallas County believes change is happening to improve juvenile detention. Unless they are overselling, it's the kind of modification that needs to happen. "In essence, we were taking kids who were not ...

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. - Three children escaped a juvenile detention center in Hernando, Mississippi, early Sunday morning, the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office (DSCO) said. According to DSCO, on Sunday, ...

COMMITTED BY KIDS IN NEW MEXICO ARE WITH A GUN. BUT IF IT’S ILLEGAL FOR KIDS TO BUY GUNS, THEN HOW ARE THEY GETTING THEM? POLICE TELL US IT’S MOSTLY FROM BREAKING INTO CARS OR FROM THEIR FAMILY AND ...