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

Juvenile justice advocates in Illinois are praising the state’s decision to raise the minimum age for juvenile detention from 10 to 13 years old beginning in 2026. A newly signed bill aims to reform ...

Levick’s career ranged from representing individual teenagers to steering landmark litigation that forced states to overhaul ...

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 ...

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

Dallas County believes change is happening to improve juvenile detention. Unless they are overselling, it's the kind of modification that needs to happen. "In essence, we were taking kids who were not ...

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

This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. When Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon ran against former Juvenile Court Judge Dan ...

Cheyenne’s Ronn Jeffrey reflected on lessons learned from his decades-long career in juvenile justice with columnist Kerry Drake.

Maryland too often treats youth criminal cases in adult court, write the authors, who say that harms the youth and doesn't help society in the long run. (Getty stock image) After more than a decade of ...

Volunteer Shaun Sikanda stands in the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center garden. Sikanda recently graduated with a masters in criminal justice from UC. He says he's seeing some of the ...