A new Washington state juvenile detention center meant to help address persistent overcrowding at an existing facility will open months later than anticipated due to difficulties in hiring staff.

A bill proposing construction to begin on a new juvenile detention facility in West Tennessee was presented and passed in a ...

After the recent stabbing incident at KISD, many are raising questions about how children face legal punishment.

Instead of simply adding a new detention center, the 48-bed Harbor Heights will serve as a six-month rotation for young men in juvenile detention who qualify for medium security status.

Editor's Note: This story is one of a three-part series, 'Delving into Developments,' following capital project updates in the City of Jackson, Madison County, and the Jackson-Madison County ...

The teen inmate housed at the Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center asked staff for help with ... of slapping the boy and pushing him onto the bed. The corrections officer threw the teen’s items ...

A 15-year-old boy, previously charged with murder in a case initially declined as self-defense by the Salt Lake County ...

In subsequent years, a formula would determine the maximum bed count, based on the average ... Since he entered the juvenile detention center when he was 14, Snodgrass said she’s seen her ...

After decades of working in Maryland’s juvenile justice system ... removing long-term residential programs but keeping its 72-bed detention center. Federal oversight of the facility ended ...

Instead of simply adding a new detention center, the 48-bed Harbor Heights will serve as a six-month rotation for young men in juvenile detention who qualify for medium security status.