A Maryland commission is recommending that the state do away with its practice of automatically charging youth as adults for certain crimes, saying it doesn’t improve public safety and can harm the ...

For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids.

In an alley in Little Village on Chicago's West Side, the faint sound of music from a Spanish-speaking radio station wafts in the air and garbage cans are sprayed with gang graffiti. They look like ...

What does the juvenile justice system look like at its most extreme? This video investigates the secure facilities across the ...

Alameda County is implementing a literacy intervention program to address the lowest reading levels among high school ...

Juvenile crime has grown over the last five years, and now lawmakers are looking at what trends and changes need to take ...

For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids.

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Sprucing up the city is no easy feat in Wilkes-Barre. Even with heavy lifting, many hands from Luzerne County's Juvenile Probation system made light work on Wednesday. Kids getting ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Sprucing up the city is no easy feat in Wilkes-Barre. Even with heavy lifting, many hands from Luzerne County's Juvenile Probation system made light work on Wednesday. Kids getting ...

Some folks in the state of Washington are wondering if Becca’s Law might be doing more harm than good and I tend to think it is. If you’re not familiar, Becca’s Law essentially lets judges in ...