Less than a year after a scathing report from the Department of Justice found that Texas juvenile prisons are rife with sexual and physical abuse, the state Legislature is considering sending more ...

New York is 1 of only 2 states that sends 16- and 17-year-olds to adult prisons. Now that's about to change. Late last night, Republicans who control the New York state Senate approved reforms that ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In decisions widely hailed as milestones, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010 and 2012 acted to curtail the use of mandatory life sentences for juveniles, accepting the argument that ...

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...

The former head of Washington’s beleaguered juvenile detention system alleges she was fired in retaliation for repeatedly ...

Last week, the New York Civil Liberties Union and Legal Services of Central New York filed suit against the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office in Syracuse for placing juveniles in solitary confinement.

Nearly three years after parents sued state officials over holding juveniles in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, a federal judge dismissed the class-action lawsuit. Brought by the parents of young ...

Discover the troubling history of Maryland's juvenile justice system, from segregated facilities to the disproportionate ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Two juveniles were arraigned Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and are being held on bonds of $500,000 and $250,000 after both were indicted in adult court Feb. 27 on charges ...