TALLULAH, La. -- The allegations began soon after the prison opened for business: teenage inmates beaten by guards, beating each other, running loose on the rooftops of the barracks. Ten years later, ...

Juvenile correction staff allowed a teenager with a history of suicide attempts to drink bleach and locked him in solitary confinement for days at a time, according to a new federal lawsuit detailing ...

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Earlier this month, Caddo District Attorney James Steward called for a statewide effort to help juveniles in prison. They district attorney’s office wants to reduce the number ...

MASSILLON – Assaults on workers at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility have decreased but staff and juveniles at the facility continue to fear violence, according to a recent state report. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Another teen murder suspect has landed himself in adult jail for an alleged assault while in juvenile detention. Jacob Lovato is accused of biting and punching corrections officers ...

In and out of juvenile detention since age 11, Curtis Tassin earned the jailhouse nickname “Houdini” after three bold escapes from three different lockups. But those brazen breakouts were just the ...

ABERDEEN — For the past few weeks, Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young men held there. Rochelle is trying to ...