Nine men and two women are suing after they say they were sexually assaulted as children while being held in juvenile lockups ...

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 ...

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

At times children in the SC agency’s custody have to sleep in plastic cots on the floor because of overcrowding.

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

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 ...

Despite a letter and paperwork to transfer oversight of the youth detention center from the sheriff to court, the transition ...

The mayors of Colorado's three largest cities – Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman and Denver Mayor ...

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.

Blee found that Atlantic County’s juvenile detention woes required immediate relief. “The juveniles and law enforcement in Atlantic County cannot wait any longer for the determination on who ...