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 ...

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

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

While media reports have focused on an uptick in juvenile crime, the data shows these patterns have decreased over the last 10 years.

Despite significant progress in the US juvenile justice system, some states are regressing towards harsher practices due to ...

The Tulsa County Juvenile Justice Center is still trying to move forward almost exactly a year after a police raid uncovered ...

Teens accused of violent crimes were being released with ankle monitors, but no one was tracking them in real time. WDSU ...

Another 107 people filed complaints Tuesday against the state for allegedly allowing rampant sexual abuse in Illinois ...

In Khurja, a 14-year-old girl died by suicide after allegedly being raped by four minors. Her body was found on Tuesday, ...

A disturbing discovery in Maryland has reignited calls for urgent reform to the state’s youth justice system— one that critics say still reflects the racism and cruelty of its 19th-century past. In a ...