Ohio's youth prison and juvenile detention centers are failing. Kids in the state's juvenile justice system often face violence and neglect, while guards remain overwhelmed, understaffed and in fear ...

That time, Cameron spent over two months in the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center before a judge ruled him delinquent of aggravated robbery and several other felonies between his two cases. A ...

Reforms to the juvenile justice system are poised to be debated during the 2026 Maryland General Assemble session that opens ...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has called on the state’s juvenile justice system to be reformed after a teen slammed a girl’s head into the pavement near a high school last Friday during a ...

A juvenile recently escaped from a St. Louis County detention center, run by the state, but the public was not notified of ...

Juvenile offenders sit in chairs during g a group session at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center, Dallas County's largest juvenile detention center. Louis DeLuca / Staff Photographer Dallas ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee's juvenile justice system repeatedly puts violent teen offenders back out on the streets through a sometimes deadly revolving door, a six-month NewsChannel 5 ...

The number of youthful offenders referred to New Mexico’s juvenile justice system has declined over the last 20 years due to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)-Virginia isn’t doing enough to prevent young people in the criminal justice system from ending up back behind bars, a new report finds. The 100-plus-page review from the state’s ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WXYZ) — A new raft of legislation was signed into law Tuesday that reforms the Juvenile Justice System in Michigan. “When the bills were signed ...