Nine men and two women are suing after they say they were sexually assaulted as children while being held in juvenile lockups ...

An investigation into the attack revealed that only half of the required eight employees were on duty at the time of the ...

State police in Westmoreland County had to stop what they are calling a riot at a juvenile detention center over the weekend.

At times children in the SC agency’s custody have to sleep in plastic cots on the floor because of overcrowding.

State investigators said longtime Adair County superintendent wrongly accused teen, failed to provide mental health ...

The Ohio Department of Youth Services is planning to build four small juvenile detention centers in Bedford and Grafton, to ...

Abuse allegations from boys once held at Cumberland County's Juvenile Detention Center are now are the basis of a lawsuit in ...

Minors held in juvenile detention in Philadelphia are routinely locked in their rooms for days on end, in violation of state ...

The total time youths were confined to their rooms in Nebraska juvenile facilities more than doubled in the past year, ...

In a joint letter, the mayors of Colorado’s largest cities called for a tougher response to youth crime and protested ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The former superintendent of a Kentucky juvenile detention center that was the site of a riot in 2022 failed to conduct mental health assessments and wrongly accused a teen of ...

The county wanted a Superior Court judge to clarify whether the state commission or counties are responsible for placements ...