Punishment provides immediate, visible results, while empowering youth requires patience, understanding and time.

Charlotte's newly formed Safety Council Committee convened for the first time Monday, focusing on the intersection of mental ...

Seattle's 5 Point Cafe offers home-cooked meal 'away from home' this Christmas Austin and Mary Watson shared a Christmas dinner at The 5 Point Cafe in Seattle this Thursday evening. Kent restaurant ...

Some youth in Guam’s juvenile justice system are being held confined longer than required, not because of new offenses or ...

After a year of extensive examination, the Juvenile Justice Reform Collaborative, or JJRC, found that Guam's juvenile justice ...

A plan to provide better mental health care to youths in state custody is advancing again to the Kentucky Senate, which unanimously passed a similar proposal last year only to see it die in the House.

Trayvon, 19, hopes to attend college and pursue a skilled trade, such as engineering, plumbing, or underwater welding.  Now a high school senior, he has had a tougher path than others his age.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock County Commissioners approved a training program that has been years in the making on Tuesday. The program will allow students who graduated from their psychiatry ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it closed in 2022, but staffing challenges remain the main barrier.

A one-cent sales tax to fund the project is expected to go before voters next summer. Read more about what’s being proposed ...

Gov. Tina Kotek nominated Michael Tessean, most recently director of the Colorado State Board of Parole, to lead the Oregon Youth Authority after firing its former leader Oregon’s juvenile justice ...