Many of the teenagers who enter juvenile-justice systems with anger problems, learning disabilities, and academic challenges receive little or no special help for those issues, and consequently fall ...

The education provided to the 70,000 juveniles incarcerated on any given day across the nation is “substandard” and “is setting them even further back in their ability to turn their lives around,” ...

Georgia Preparatory Academy graduated 27 students from the juvenile justice system, awarding six high school diplomas, 21 GED ...

The number of youthful offenders referred to New Mexico’s juvenile justice system has declined over the last 20 years due to an increased emphasis on community service ...

The number of boys locked up for crimes has dropped over the past decade, but the number of young women detained in jails and residential centers has moved in the other direction. Experts say girls ...

11 MOBILE APP. BALTIMORE CITY STATE’S ATTORNEY I CALLED OUT THE MAYOR TODAY ON THE C4 BRIAN NIEMAN RADIO PROGRAM. YEAH, HE SAID, WE NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM CITY HALL, BUT HE DECLINED TO ELABORATE.

Reforms to the juvenile justice system are poised to be debated during the 2026 Maryland General Assemble session that opens in January.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee's juvenile justice system repeatedly puts violent teen offenders back out on the streets through a sometimes deadly revolving door, a six-month NewsChannel 5 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — In less than two months, at least five juveniles escaped from North Carolina juvenile detention facilities. Those escapes are symptoms of what Wake County District Attorney ...

The juvenile justice system in New Hampshire is built around the idea of rehabilitation. Instead of going to jail, young people who commit crimes gain access to services like counseling and substance ...

A juvenile recently escaped from a St. Louis County detention center, run by the state, but the public was not notified of ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Many teenagers who’ve spent time in California’s juvenile detention facilities get high school diplomas with grade-school reading skills.