An investigation into the attack revealed that only half of the required eight employees were on duty at the time of the ...

Minors held in juvenile detention in Philadelphia are routinely locked in their rooms for days on end, in violation of state ...

A 17- and 16-year-old boy were arrested for felony third-degree riot and felony third-degree assault. A 14-year-old boy was ...

State police in Westmoreland County had to stop what they are calling a riot at a juvenile detention center over the weekend.

Delmonica Harris, 53, and Dionysio Devontae Mavin, 28, have been charged with felony child neglect after Mavin allegedly ...

The Ohio Department of Youth Services is planning to build four small juvenile detention centers in Bedford and Grafton, to ...

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said the goal is to find a suitable location and begin construction this year.

A teenager has been arrested after they allegedly threatened another student with a firearm at Springville High School.

In a joint letter, the mayors of Colorado’s largest cities called for a tougher response to youth crime and protested ...

Abuse allegations from boys once held at Cumberland County's Juvenile Detention Center are now are the basis of a lawsuit in ...

Young people have been chained to benches at police stations for hours as county officials try to find appropriate housing, ...

The former superintendent of a Kentucky juvenile detention center that was the site of a riot resigned in December. A newspaper report says Tonya R.