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

As currently written, the Louisiana Constitution limits the types of offenses for which teenagers under 17 can be sent to ...

A 14-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to raping and beating a 91-year-old woman in Reddick last year has been sentenced.

Attorneys for a high school student within an alleged sex trafficking ring filed lawsuits against Klein ISD and a former ...

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn't have health insurance, ...

A 6-year-old girl was found unconscious in a bathtub inside a Brooklyn apartment building, cops said Friday. Police responding to a 911 call found the little girl unconscious and unresponsive in the ...

The Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver program serves as an alternative to foster care, but stagnant Medicaid reimbursement rates have lead to provider shortages. Other news from around the ...