A new report from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention set off alarm bells for some Douglas County commissioners. The report is one of the first steps in building a continuum of ...

The incident involved a Walmart employee and two other people.

Four teens are now facing criminal charges in connection with a fire that engulfed a historic building last month in Brooks ...

A 15-year-old and 12-year-old girls are accused of stealing a vehicle with a 9-month-old baby inside the car after a ...

Riley Gaines Act and laws on cell phones in schools, threats from China, pet protections, fentanyl and Brunswick stew all take effect on July 1.

Georgia’s Department of Juvenile Justice recently held a graduation ceremony for 32 Juvenile Correctional Officer cadets, including a Gordon County resident. Held at the Georgia Public Safety ...

Since the juvenile justice department’s services aim at rehabilitation that reduces the odds a young person will reoffend, they have different approaches than do the health and human resources ...

In 2023, Georgia reported 14,696 juvenile arrests, with the most common offenses including larceny-theft, assault, weapons violations, and motor vehicle thefts; violent crimes accounted for more ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Department of Juvenile Justice wants to build a $35 million mental health facility for incarcerated youth in Kentucky. Commissioner Randy White told the Budget Review ...

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice plans an $82.7M expansion of East Macon's youth detention campus to add housing, education, and medical services for girls.

The Department of Juvenile Justice did not respond to a request for a comment. The audit’s findings are stark. Between October 2023 and February 2024, juvenile corrections officer vacancies ...

The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice’s Adair Youth Development Center is located in Columbia, Ky. Ryan C. Hermens [email protected] A small group of families, lawyers and others ...