Is a 10-year-old too young to be put behind bars? Right now in Ohio, children as young as 10 can be incarcerated, but that ...

Experts say the criminal justice system wasn't built for defendants this young, as Cuyahoga County grapples with a disturbing ...

The Legal Aid Society is demanding that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) rectify what the group called a “ ...

Zach Ballard grew up in the juvenile justice system. From the ages of 12 to 17, he was in and out of Kootenai County’s ...

A federal judge says isolation at Mary Davis Home violated kids’ rights and must stop. The facility has 30 days to implement an emergency mental health care plan.

Chief Eric Echevarria said juveniles accused of violent crimes need time in detention to consider the consequences of their ...

The contracts with Collin County to house juveniles are intended to address detention center overcrowding, a move officials ...

The Dallas County Juvenile Director said he’s made changes after a state investigation found problems with how the detention ...

Aurora Peña, left, and Camarah Brown, right, pose with Dawson, a shelter dog in the program who’s available for adoption. At the Fort Bend County Juvenile Detention Center, a kennel sits on the edge ...

KING 5 Investigators reveal at least two employees engaged in sexual relationships with inmates, recording their encounters ...

Kids at the Durango Juvenile Detention Center are getting the chance to learn how to play the guitar. It helps them take their minds off of what's going on and allows them to heal and have something ...

A young person being held in a Dallas County juvenile detention facility was allegedly assaulted by an employee. The teen ...