A group of parishes along the Mississippi River is seeking more than $36 million in state funds to create a juvenile jail on ...

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

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

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

The leader of Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice on Tuesday vowed to have a “good strong transition plan” for Broward’s ...

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

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

A new wave of sexual assault complaints has been levied against the City of New York, bringing the total number of alleged ...