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

A commission has recommended grants be awarded to several juvenile jails, including one in East Baton Rouge Parish and one in ...

Marcus Walker said the sexual abuse he experienced two decades ago as a teenager at an Illinois youth detention facility has ...

New Jersey’s Indiscriminate Prosecution of Children as Adults,” reveals that prosecutors have near-total discretion to decide ...

A group of parishes along the Mississippi River is seeking more than $36 million in state funds to create a juvenile jail on ...

The teenager who led a planned group escape from a Lincoln youth detention center last summer ... of the escape because of the decision of the juvenile court judge in Douglas County and you ...

House Bill 73, which would prohibit detention centers on state and county land, has been opposed by individuals and a group called Hawaii Island Republican Women. The bill has been referred to the ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center is set to enhance its facilities with a new gymnasium. This addition will provide a much-needed space for physical activity and ...

Both companies have helped to build detention centers throughout Mississippi. The land, which is owned by Jackson Public Schools, is being leased for $10,000 per year, Farr said. He called it "a ...

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The Juvenile Detention Center in Sangamon County's East Complex in Springfield reopened late last month, 15 months after a teenager brandishing a gun was fatally shot by responding Springfield Police.