In response, less than halfway into his term, 317th District Civil Court Judge Gordon Friesz created FORM — First-time ...

"This is our social hurricane, and we need to buckle down, boots to the ground, ready to battle the storm and fight to ...

“We are cautiously optimistic about the future of the juvenile system,” writes Ivan J. Bates on behalf of Maryland’s state’s attorneys.

Do we just need more space or less detention? Different views on the way forward as police and justice activists seek solutions.

While media reports have focused on an uptick in juvenile crime, the data shows these patterns have decreased over the last ...

Over recent decades we’ve moved toward a much more effective and humane system to deal with youth crime. Evidence and ...

A 13-year-old girl was arrested by police on Friday in connection with an attempted armed robbery inside a Baltimore liquor ...

A boy’s death in Delhi’s juvenile home reveals a deeper crisis: abuse, neglect, and a punitive system. Experts call for ...

Two more bills that came out of recommendations from Pennsylvania’s 2021 Juvenile Justice Task Force have passed the House with bipartisan support this week. House Bill 1576 would require the state to ...

Demanding action from state lawmakers, prosecutors and New Mexico’s top law enforcement leaders say the time is now to change ...

In the first few minutes of Netflix’s hit show Adolescence, police swarm a quiet suburban home. Rifles drawn, they break down ...