On Saturday, a juvenile detention officer was brutally attacked inside the Smith County Juvenile Detention Center— now, ...

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Tyler detention officer hospitalized after alleged attack at juvenile center. Officer is now stable; investigation active.

Brian Bivens submitted his resignation Nov. 9. He had been working on fixing a number of issues within the Richard L. Bean ...

Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center has been given a clean bill of health by state inspectors. Inspections ...

Armed teenage detainees were seen on the roof of the Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre, throwing projectiles at prison ...

Juvenile detention centers in Missouri offer young convicts emotional support. Waverly, Mo., Sept. 9, 2009 — -- For most of the nearly 100,000 kids in America's juvenile justice system, life in ...