The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission on Wednesday fined a former juvenile justice guard $5,000 for engaging in ...

Elena Bardin, a former teacher at the state’s juvenile detention center in Adair County, had a relationship with a teen ...

Lisa Smart, of Meigs, Brittany Revels, of Thomasville, and Jeremiah Walker, of Thomasville, were among 36 Department of ...

Pepper spray — also known as OC spray, because it’s derived from the chili-pepper extract oleoresin capsicum — is banned in most U.S. juvenile detention systems. Youth advocates say it can cause ...

The Jefferson County Youth Detention Center closed in 2019. Some council members are urging for more to be done to speed up the reopening of the facility.

A Chicago woman has been charged with 15 counts of official misconduct for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an inmate while she was employed at the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice ...

An Horry County mother is suing AMIkids Sandhills in the Patrick area of Chesterfield County. She alleges her son was groomed ...

County officials blame contractual and civil service procedures for the “callout culture” plaguing the beleaguered Probation ...

CEO: "We have a good chance in this facility to not only do things from a public safety perspective but also change the outcome when it comes to how we engage youth." ...

LINCOLN — At first glance, it would be easy to mistake the Monarch Youth Center in Lincoln for a high school. The campus' 27,000-square-foot multipurpose building features classrooms equipped for ...

A Richland County man in prison will have to serve an additional 15 years in prison after throwing a cup of bodily fluids at a corrections officer. South Carolina State Superintendent Ellen Weaver ...

A South Carolina woman is accused of helping her young daughter escape from the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.