A Department of Corrections employee is behind bars for attempted child sex crimes after an undercover predator hunting group ...

Less than a year after a scathing report from the Department of Justice found that Texas juvenile prisons are rife with sexual and physical abuse, the state Legislature is considering sending more ...

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...

A 20-year-old man earned his high school diploma while incarcerated, and Travis County Judge Sandra Avila Ramirez wants to ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- There was an important milestone Thursday for an organization that works to ensure justice for young people in trouble with the law. The Juvenile Justice Initiative, based in ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A Pima County program is giving incarcerated youth a second chance. The Court Alternative Program ...

The kids aren’t all right — and their parents won’t be, either! Moms and dads in a New Jersey suburb can be tossed in prison and fined for their badly behaving children — under a bonkers new ordinance ...

Outside the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Wash., on Thursday, May 29, 2025, where a new juvenile detention center called Harbor Heights will soon ...