Adolescents in the US face significant barriers to accessing effective drug treatment, with only 31% of children ages 12-17 ...

Proposed legislation in Kansas cracks open state guidelines to allow courts to sentence any kid deemed an offender to ...

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

Nearly three years after Sheriff Garry McFadden closed Mecklenburg County’s only juvenile detention center, some in the criminal justice system still hope for its return. State public safety leaders ...

State inspections have revealed critical issues in juvenile detention centers, including severe understaffing and ...

Mecklenburg County sends hundreds of youth into North Carolina’s juvenile detention system each year, despite lacking a local ...