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 ...

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

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

A 15-year-old online student was arrested Friday after deputies say he made written threats to attack Clewiston schools.

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

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 ...

Deputies said the 15-year-old sent the threat to a teacher in an email. When detectives spoke with the student, he told them ...

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 ...

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 ...

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