The Legislature's criminal justice and public safety committee approved the bill, with some amendments, on Wednesday.

JAMESTOWN — A Medina, North Dakota, man pleaded guilty to felony charges related to sexually assaulting juvenile girls on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Southeast District Court in Jamestown.

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It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

According to New Castle police, a 15-year-old girl said Jones assaulted her in a friend's apartment after he had provided her ...

A 44-year-old Helena woman reportedly "begged" a girl under 16 to smoke meth with her, according to court documents.

Wyoming has for decades incarcerated juvenile offenders at the highest rates in the nation. The state’s multi-year efforts to reduce those numbers have been hampered, in part, by an unclear ...

The last of three girls to admit to battering a children’s home employee during a breakout has been sentenced. Gabriala Peters, 17, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in the Indiana Department of ...

The Lawrence County jail will likely continue housing out-of-county juvenile offenders who are charged as adults as the ...

Philly DA Larry Krasner announced a policy overhaul, while city and state leaders proposed sweeping youth justice reforms.

Two people are facing charges in a juvenile trafficking case. How investigators believe the suspects were able to conspire ...

An Owensboro man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday on charges of attempting to lure a minor for sexual contact. Corey James Jarboe, 30, of Owensboro, was indicted in April 2024 on ...