Plans to improve Ohio’s youth prison system are moving forward with the groundbreaking of redesigned facilities in Northeast ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state officials are seeking legislative authority to transfer certain juvenile offenders to adult prisons at younger ages than currently allowed, citing severe overcrowding ...

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Tarrant County leads the state in the number of youth it sends to Texas juvenile prisons, which doesn't have enough space to accommodate the influx, causing overcrowding at the county's detention ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill Tuesday expanding the role of prosecutors in juvenile court proceedings and increasing access to juvenile records by law enforcement. The new law also increases ...

A youth incarcerated at a troubled state-run juvenile prison suffered a serious injury Monday in a fight. The Ohio Department of Youth Services, which operates the state's three youth prisons and ...

323rd District Judge Alex Kim reads the jury's sentence on Thursday, September 21, 2023, of the teenager who fatally shot another student at Arlington's Lamar High School. The teen received the ...