The state Juvenile Justice Commission and seven counties that operate juvenile detention facilities are in court over who ...

Philadelphia incarcerates a higher percentage of teenagers than any other major American city. Once in the system, kids are ...

A 14-year-old who admitted to breaking into 23 cars and other crimes was sentenced last week to serve two years in a state ...

Officials who work with the county's juvenile justice system say they made marked improvements over the previous year and ...

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Local architects are set to begin work determining what it would take to expand the county’s juvenile justice center. Buchanan County commissioners signed off on a feasibility study this week for ...

For decades, our country has been setting millions of young people up for failure. We send children to school believing they ...

An Inquirer investigation found Philadelphia has become an outlier in its rate of youth incarceration, as cities across the ...

Governor Jim Pillen and Senator Merv Riepe have introduced a bill aimed at enhancing community safety and addressing juvenile offender issues. I ...

Children as young as 12 years old could face adult criminal charges for certain felony crimes under a bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature on Wednesday.

Child and civil rights advocates on Thursday railed against a proposed law, promoted by Gov. Jim Pillen, that would give ...

KOMO News reached out to the King County Public Defenders about the unlawful firearm possession measure. Matt Sanders, ...