The family of a Racine teen is demanding accountability and change after they allege he was brutally assaulted by staff members at Racine County’s juvenile detention center.

A recent audit report of the Department of Children’s Services called on lawmakers to get involved when it comes to ...

In more than two decades as a juvenile probation officer in downstate Clinton County, Carla Stalnaker said barely a handful of children younger than 12 have found themselves in her office. And only a ...

A newly released state audit blasts DCS for slow child abuse investigations and problems inside transitional homes and ...

Punitive policies are especially harmful for youths classified as low risk, and in Kansas in 2024, 74% of all juvenile cases ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Children are being locked in solitary confinement at a Tennessee juvenile detention center under conditions that experts say could amount to torture. The Tennessee Department of ...

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

Disconnecting kids from their support network, local mental health services, local schools and connections to local ...

One day after the superintendent of Knox County's juvenile detention center dismissed two key staff members, Richard Bean reversed course and reinstated both under pressure from Mayor Glenn Jacobs and ...

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 ...

Representative Jared Bauman said his bill would bring significant reforms to Kentucky's juvenile justice system.

SPRINGFIELD — In more than two decades as a juvenile probation officer in downstate Clinton County, Carla Stalnaker said barely a handful of children younger than 12 have found themselves in her ...