Apart from codifying the rights of children in custody, the legislature should hold hearings this winter where state ...

Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center, plagued for more than two years by staffing and other issues, may be getting ...

Louisiana moved detained children from the infamous Angola prison to an adult lockup in Jackson Parish. They say the abuse ...

Overcrowding at Washington’s biggest juvenile detention center has grown to crisis levels over the past year. A slew of bills ...

Nine more former detainees are accusing an ex-staffer at a Bronx juvenile detention center of sexually abusing them as ...

Kellen Constant had to stand by and watch a 13-year-old girl cry after learning about the unexpected death of her mother.