For years state’s attorneys across Maryland have been among the loudest voices calling for juvenile justice reform. “I don’t ...

In a pair of lawsuits, nearly 400 people have claimed they were sexually assaulted in Washington's youth detention centers as ...

In a blunt report released on Thursday, the department said officials in Fulton County have had “deliberate indifference to ...

Karen Keith’s fellow county commissioners are defending the Tulsa mayoral candidate against allegations of youth abuse ...

For years state's attorneys across Maryland have been among the loudest voices calling for juvenile justice reform."I don't know a state's attorney out of the 2 ...

A 34-year-old Bronx juvenile detention center supervisor has pleaded guilty in connection ... and will ensure that those who abuse their power and harm vulnerable members of our society are held ...

Stan Sallee, County Commissioner, is reassuring the community that changes are being made at the Juvenile Justice Center ...

His attorney says the county failed to protect the boy from being abused by two different officers back in 2012 on several separate occasions.

The North Central Secure Treatment Unit in Danville was among the Pennsylvania juvenile detention and treatment centers named in sexual abuse lawsuits filed Wednesday. The new lawsuits increased ...

Advocates say that the juvenile detention system has been ripe for such abuse of vulnerable youths because of the power that detention officers were given over them as they were confined.

Friday was the start of new juvenile justice laws in Maryland after years of calls for change.Now kids between the ages of 10 and 12 years old can face charges ...