PURE Academy, which has partnered with Shelby County Juvenile Court to keep young men out of jail, opened its secondary ...

The Department of Juvenile Services is supportive of the proposed reforms, and its legislative director testified in support of Smith’s bill, arguing that their agency already serves the substantial ...

In a new study, a researcher examined the association between race/ethnicity in White, Black, Hispanic youth and the type of drug offense (possession versus distribution) they were charged with in ...

A Georgia Senate bill would allow cases involving children ages 13 to 17 making threats to be seen in superior court for making terroristic threats.

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Discussions around legislation to stop automatically charging minors as adults for certain crimes morphed into a debate over ...

The first juvenile court was founded in 1899 in Chicago. Since then, the states have passed laws that created their own ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) discussed a range of recommendations to improve the juvenile justice system for ...

Nearly a month after being the victim of an armed carjacking outside his home in southwest Baltimore, Kenny Devera is still looking for answers abou ...

OPINION: The broken family life experienced by most children, coupled with our failed education system, is a direct feeder to ...

Lawmakers expressed little surprise at the repeated arrest of a 15-year-old accused of stealing seven cars in seven ...

The Buncombe County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) is now accepting proposals for fiscal year 2026-2027. The JCPC announces the availability of allocations totaling $644,477 in state funding ...