COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio officials on Monday authorized $130 million in spending to begin constructing smaller, more therapeutic youth prisons in Bedford and Grafton, the first major step in replacing ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe made juvenile justice reform a top priority, and Missouri lawmakers are taking action.

Fausto Lopez's journey to higher education took him from Riverside County juvenile facilities to a fire camp in Amador County and back to Los Angeles to fight fires before finally moving into his ...

State inspections have revealed critical issues in juvenile detention centers, including severe understaffing and ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — State lawmakers are getting to work on a sweeping juvenile justice reform agenda that could lead ...

Proposed legislation in Kansas cracks open state guidelines to allow courts to sentence any kid deemed an offender to juvenile prison, reversing a decade-old effort to treat youth incarceration as a ...

The move comes after Benton County sued last week.

Recent data from the Judicial Branch has renewed questions about how well CT is addressing the challenges young women face in ...

New Mexico lawmakers are back in Santa Fe for the second week of the legislative session, hoping to focus on privacy ...