Overcrowding in the state's juvenile and adult corrections facilities would be relieved under a plan from state Sen. Leonard Christian to house inmates at the state Capitol Campus and give Washington ...

64-year-old Sheila "Denise" Tenpenny was discovered beaten to death in her Fairfax home earlier this month. The parents of ...

Juvenile crime came under intense scrutiny last year after two teenage boys were convicted of killing their classmate for ...

The plan would complete a Dane County youth facility, convert Lincoln Hills from juveniles to adults and renovate Waupun’s troubled prison.

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

Sheila "Denise" Tenpenny was found dead inside her Fairfax home on Feb. 2. She suffered injuries to her head and neck, ...

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events (including everything from Summerfest to the Milwaukee Film Festival), access ...

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman has been rallying lawmakers to pass sweeping juvenile justice reform since ...

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is proposing nearly $500 million to make sweeping changes to the state's correctional institutions ...

Louisiana’s state-run youth detention centers have reported significant decreases in assaults, something officials attribute to a new detention facility for particularly at-risk youth and enhanced ...

As the state House of Representatives prepares to take up a crime package as early as Saturday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is expressing her support but calling on lawmakers to do more to improve ...