Local leaders passed resolutions calling for the city and county to move toward zeroing out the number of youth in detention.

Kids as young as nine being used to commit heinous gang crimes in Utah. Police and gang-prevention experts say gang leaders are recruiting younger and younger c ...

More people are coming forward with allegations of sexual abuse inside Illinois' juvenile detention system, adding to hundreds of lawsuits already filed.

As deep concerns about what the impacts of President Donald Trump’s executive actions and orders will mean for Maryland, state leaders are gearing up for a budg ...

There’s language in the Arkansas Constitution that has exceptions for slavery or involuntary servitude, but a bill recently filed in the Arkansas House is looking to erase that.

The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division took its volunteer efforts to Atlantic City to provide free ...

Public outcry has followed the sentencing of 20-year-old Cesar Morales, whose car crash resulted in the deaths of a couple, ...

Minnesotans may want to be aware of a few new laws taking effect in 2015. Business A new category will be available to Minnesota corporations in 2015. The Minnesota Public Benefits Corporation Act ...

For the first time since 2020, Washington has seen a significant decline in auto thefts. According to the Washington ...

National, state and local data show that our crime and child safety problems are driven largely by addiction and mental ...

The moralistic Christian right have achieved significant political power through Donald Trump’s presidency, the Republican ...