Prosecutors say he is believed to have been the one among four suspects who fired the gunshots in a westside neighborhood on ...

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

As the population grew over the summer, the state Department of Children, Youth and Families temporarily suspended intakes at Green Hill and Echo Glen’s Children’s Center in Snoqualmie, the state’s ...

Despite terrorizing hundreds of fellow children, teens who make a violent threat usually get mental health treatment, not ...

Community Journalism Lab representative Eden Barnes, in partnership with Fringe Benefits of Education, held a community ...

Philly DA Larry Krasner announced a policy overhaul, while city and state leaders proposed sweeping youth justice reforms. Those calls have faded and some policies appear forgotten.

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

Marcus Walker said the sexual abuse he experienced two decades ago as a teenager at an Illinois youth detention facility has ...

Instead the 14-year-old sat handcuffed, wearing an orange jumpsuit in a magisterial district courtroom facing murder charges. He’s charged as an adult in the June 4, 2024 murder of 18-year-old Tyron ...

A 14-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to raping and beating a 91-year-old woman in Reddick last year has been sentenced.

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