A state board found last year that the county repeatedly failed to meet minimum staffing requirements at the facility.

A measure to improve and expand services for youth with severe behavioral and emotional challenges received approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as part of a ...

A diver said the shark was about 10-feet long and kept checking out the boat, and then swam around them a few times.

Update: Gov. Tina Kotek places Oregon Youth Authority director on leave amid ‘backlog’ of abuse complaints The chief investigator for the Oregon Youth Authority abruptly resigned last month amid an ...

State authorities said this week that they were still finalizing a re-inspection of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. A judge is waiting on those results before deciding whether the county will be ...

A bill in the Illinois statehouse aims to change the state’s approach of juvenile incarceration, arguing the system needs to ...

King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion believes Washington’s juvenile gun laws are dangerously lenient. Manion explained to “The ...

Another prosecutor in the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has quit in light of the Justice Department ...

The Concord Police Department charged two juveniles in connection with a shooting that occurred on Thursday, Feb.13, in ...

Girls who are in state custody for committing crimes are being moved back to the Ware Youth Center, a privately-runfacility ...

Maryland lawmakers debate reforming the state's practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court. A key ...

A bill introduced three weeks ago that would overhaul how the legal system handles juveniles caught with firearms appears to ...