Juvenile offenders will soon be tracked on ankle monitors in real time in New Orleans. This comes after a WDSU investigation exposed that teens on ankle monitors were left unmonitored. Juvenile Court ...

Cuyahoga County, with help from a $300,000 grant, plans to improve the ways it guides young people out of foster care and the juvenile-court system and into adulthood. The project, led by the county’s ...

Concerns about the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system persist, despite some elected leaders pointing to data suggesting improvements. Attorney Jeremy Eldridge discussed these issues on ...

How does Oklahoma's juvenile justice system work? Attorney Lashandra Peoples-Johnson provides an overview of the classifications, court processes, and outcomes juveniles may face.

The Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) monitors the juvenile justice system in the state and advises the governor, the state legislature, and the Illinois Department of Human Services. In ...

Another young thug, just 12 years old, has already been busted six times, but also roams the streets at will after being cycled through a state juvenile justice system that is handcuffed by lax ...

A number of controversial changes to Maryland's new juvenile justice reform law took effect Friday.Retired U.S. District Court Judge Andre Davis chairs the newly established Juvenile Justice ...

We bring all this up because, as reported in Saturday’s paper, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed two bills into law that promise to bring further reform to the state’s juvenile justice system.

DJS complaints skyrocketed in FY2022 by 51.4%, registering 10,789 juvenile reports to the system. Complaints increased even more in FY2023 to 12,388 total incidents.