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

The Buckeye State may be the most progressive in the union when it comes to youth prison reform. You might not guess it from the Republican governor or GOP-dominated legislature, but Ohio is ...

PURE Academy, which has partnered with Shelby County Juvenile Court to keep young men out of jail, opened its secondary ...

Instead the 14-year-old sat handcuffed, wearing an orange jumpsuit in a magisterial district courtroom facing murder charges.

Tahj D. Brewton faces three murder charges. On Wednesday he was sentenced to a 20-year prison term in an unrelated case. Here's what we know: ...

Washington lawmakers are exploring a variety of legislative solutions to address chronic issues at its juvenile ...

Louisiana moved detained children from the infamous Angola prison to an adult lockup in Jackson Parish. They say the abuse ...

Pace now helps mentor incarcerated youth through the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project. One of those youths is 26-year-old Raequan Deal, born and raised in Philadelphia. In 2016, when he was 17, Deal ...

Kevin Bacon and his brother teamed up with Rock to the Future to dedicate the room after their mother, Philly educator Ruth Bacon.

The Barbourville City Police Department investigated a suspected threat made toward the Barbourville Independent School District on Thursday night. School officials became aware of the potential ...

Overcrowding at Washington’s biggest juvenile detention center has grown to crisis levels over the past year. A slew of bills ...

One of two suspects has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after authorities say a man and his girlfriend drugged a child ...