On Friday, three of the seven teenagers arrested in connection to an alleged botched armed robbery appeared before a judge. Just after midnight Wednesday, investigators said a car filled with eight ...

A Washington County man was taken into custody after a SWAT team response led to a barricade situation. According to WCSO, deputies responded to a McMillon ...

With fewer juveniles behind bars, many states have shuttered youth facilities. Today America has 58 percent fewer of them than it did in 2000. Large facilities — those holding more than 100 ...

Washington's Senate Bill 5296 is igniting intense debate over the future of the state’s juvenile justice system and ...

Then they let her go. On Jan. 16, the medical examiner ruled Yahkeim’s death a homicide and Jahara was taken into custody and transferred to the Juvenile Assessment center 12 days later.

A state prison, a juvenile detention facility, three county jails and a federal detention center sit just outside the Border 2 fire’s evacuation zone. A single thoroughfare, Alta Road ...

But advocacy isn’t just empowering for the individual; it benefits us all. Research shows that civic engagement reduces recidivism rates by fostering accountability and a sense of connection, both of ...

New Jersey’s Indiscriminate Prosecution of Children as Adults,” reveals that prosecutors have near-total discretion to decide ...

All juveniles sentenced to life behind bars received a chance for a lesser sentence. Tolliver received a new sentence in 2023 and he was released from prison in April 2024 after serving 40 years.

According to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, a woman has been arrested for her involvement in trafficking a juvenile.

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI in connection with a deadly crash last month ...