Some members of Allegheny County’s new Juvenile Detention Board of Advisors are raising tough questions that reflect some of the intractable problems in youth corrections here and across the country — ...

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

The Eagle will be in the courtroom daily for the duration of the trial. Check here for periodic updates on what’s happening ...

Lawmakers are debating whether to reform a 2020 law that lifted the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse lawsuits ...

There is no minimum age in Rhode Island for juveniles to be tried as adults.

Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke on Thursday celebrated the judicial branch's work to deliver justice to ...

The Taliban’s new criminal code in Afghanistan has legalised slavery and granted mullahs legal immunity. Here is more about ...

Mecklenburg County sends hundreds of youth into North Carolina’s juvenile detention system each year, despite lacking a local ...

ASHVILLE — The St. Clair County Commission appears to be moving forward with plans for a new 72-hour juvenile detention center. Officials say currently all juvenile offenders are taken to the Coosa ...

Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice will hold job-screening events for applicants looking to work at five of its detention facilities, including one in Grafton.

Starting next month, juveniles in Mendocino County who receive an infraction like a speeding ticket will have their case ...

CNN visits Al-Roj camp, a detention center in northeastern Syria where more than 2,000 women and children (though some are no longer children) have been held – some for more than a decade – by the ...