State regulators have revoked and downgraded the license of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services, accusing the agency ...

The Boone County Juvenile Justice Center currently houses 19 youth, although the facility holds 45 beds. Justice Center ...

Another visit to the city's juvenile detention center disappointed D.C. Councilmember Zachary Parker, who chairs the ...

Trinity University has an event this weekend featuring a book on an immigrant boy’s journal of survival as he seeks asylum in ...

After reports of rampant abuse in youth prisons, lawmakers want more kids in adult prisons and seek to restrict watchdog ...

The attorney general’s review aims to determine whether any ‘unlawful activity or practices’ occurred in the facilities.

Washington’s youth prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding. Why have two bills aimed at solving the crisis died in the legislature?

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka briefly returned to the gates of the federal immigration detention center where he was arrested last ...

The new state budget sets aside $25M to run the new 48-bed detention center on the grounds of Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, known as Harbor Heights, and set top open next month ...

You’ve heard an earful about the ongoing problems at the 201 Poplar jail, like cases of inmates dying and others living in ...

Johnson County authorities say that a father angry at the county's juvenile court system, crashed his truck through the front ...