“Blended sentencing,” which took effect at the start of the year, allows prosecutors to try some youth as “serious youth ...

A Kentucky juvenile justice guard broke the arms of two teens at McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Paducah, Kentucky. The attacks occurred in separate restraint incidents on the same day ...

Dozens more victims have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted while in juvenile correction centers run by the ...

The dashboard includes a legend explaining each statistic for those unfamiliar with the juvenile justice system, along with a ...

Blount Co. Juvenile Court Judge Kenlyn Foster ordered the case of Maddex Forsythe, charged with murder in the death of ...

A Georgia Senate bill would allow cases involving children ages 13 to 17 making threats to be seen in superior court for ...

The Department of Juvenile Services is supportive of the proposed reforms, and its legislative director testified in support of Smith’s bill, arguing that their agency already serves the substantial ...

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NC DPS) has unveiled a comprehensive analysis of juvenile crime trends over ...

Lawmakers expressed little surprise at the repeated arrest of a 15-year-old accused of stealing seven cars in seven ...

Reforming the juvenile justice system continues to dominate discussions at the State House. State lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would sharply reduce the number of crimes for which a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Louisville-based organization that works to improve the lives of children in Kentucky is asking for major reform in the state’s juvenile justice system. “If it does not ...