State lawmakers have moved a proposal to standardize and expand programs that divert children to alternatives to the criminal ...

When the 18-year-old watched two friends participating in a Baltimore Center Stage workshop of theater games for incarcerated teens, he became visibly uneasy. As one of the young performers in the ...

A new report touts some progress with New Mexico's juvenile justice system with fewer felony charges. However, over half of ...

Like many states and local jurisdictions, Maryland has experienced a spike in auto thefts, carjacking, possession and use of firearms, and other violent and nonviolent offenses. While the data ...

Los Angeles County’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall. Imprisonment of children in juvenile facilities peaked at 108,802 in 2000. As we exit our roles working to improve juvenile justice systems from ...

Since the early '90s, The Link, a north Minneapolis nonprofit, has been helping teens and keeping them out of the juvenile ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A committee tasked with recommending improvements to Cuyahoga County’s juvenile justice system is nearing the end of its year-long exploration and will soon share its findings. But ...

One of the Big Apple’s most notorious criminals this year has been arrested two dozen times in less than two years, yet remains free to walk city streets — because he’s just 14 years old. Another ...

Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said on Friday that all three juveniles charged with hate crime allegations ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Phase one of the Juvenile Justice Center is nearing completion in Minnehaha County. According to a press release from Minnehaha County, phase one will replace the current ...