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

Anne Colt Leitess is serving her second term as Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney and has filed to run again in 2026.

The court said implicating a juvenile in 4 cases cannot, by itself, lead to the conclusion that the child is beyond reform or that he will inevitably return to criminal influences ...

Americans are increasingly living in a nation divided, where how easy it is to vote depends on where they happen to live. We ...

I don't think Wisconsin can afford to drag its feet while people are dying… It is high time for there to be some political urgency around the closure of these prisons and a real, committed goal to ...

A tour showed a wood-burning stove, colorful children's beds covered with stuffed animals, and Christmas lights strewn about; ...

For four consecutive days last month, a group of Los Angeles County students was suspended after a fight broke out in their ...

Youth detained at the newly reopened Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar are urinating in their rooms when no one is ...

Despite a 75% decline in youth incarceration since 2000, racial and ethnic disparities remain in the arrests, sentencing and ...

A decade after reforming juvenile justice, India still faces significant challenges in ensuring timely and fair treatment for ...

For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and ...