Jessie Carter had been worried about the teenager since she and her husband brought him into their Chelsea home two years ago. The 16-year-old was in state custody, Carter said, and although it's ...

A boy’s death in Delhi’s juvenile home reveals a deeper crisis: abuse, neglect, and a punitive system. Experts call for ...

A shortage of psychiatric beds in Michigan is leading to repeated and impractical interactions with law enforcement for ...

In the first few minutes of Netflix’s hit show Adolescence, police swarm a quiet suburban home. Rifles drawn, they break down ...

Slayings in Chelsea raise questions about Maine’s juvenile mental health system A teenager was charged with killing his foster father and cousin, but little is known about the child's time in ...

Marianne E. Huff, President and CEO of the Mental Health Association in Michigan, expressed her concern Tuesday with what she ...

According to the National Institutes of Health, within the past decade, reliance on the juvenile justice system to meet the needs of juvenile offenders with mental health concerns has increased.

A new report from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention set off alarm bells for some Douglas County ...

Tristin Murphy, a man with schizophrenia who was in and out of jail because of his mental illness, killed himself while imprisoned.

Project ASCEND reflects our collective–and data-driven–belief that every young person deserves the opportunity to grow, heal, and thrive,” said County Superintendent ...

Wisconsin's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee adopted more than $380 million in funding, setting the stage for a final ...