Louisiana, New York and other states are rolling back reforms — and efforts to reduce excessive sentencing or expand parole ...

An Billings teen has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he was driving at nearly twice speed limit when he went off the ...

A U.S. Congressman has filed a bill to jam cell reception in prisons and police arrested teens for a string of burglaries.

The Opportunity Center in southwest Houston is designed to help high school-aged students turn their lives around.

A new Maryland bill aims to limit settlement money for victims of abuse in juvenile detention facilities.

Under the bill, children ages 10 to 14 would be referred to a Juvenile Review Board, designed to keep young people out of the ...

Arlando “Tray” Jones is among thousands of people seeking accountability under a new state law that eliminated the statute of ...

A trial for a Louisville teen illuminated the chaos of a high-profile riot in Adair County and showed how systemic errors ...

A man convicted of vehicular manslaughter in the deaths of a Peninsula couple during a street racing crash was found dead in ...

A juvenile detention officer repeatedly assaulted a 15-year-old inmate who’s accused of kicking his cell door when his calls ...

A 60-year-old officer with the Department of Juvenile Justice ... s items into the hall before leaving, deputies said. The teen then “began to intentionally flood his cell with water,” so ...

A juvenile detention officer ... threw the teen’s items into the hall before leaving, deputies said. The teen then “began to intentionally flood his cell with water,” so Sandora came back ...