New Jersey’s Indiscriminate Prosecution of Children as Adults,” reveals that prosecutors have near-total discretion to decide ...

An Elkins man is behind bars after allegedly pointing a handgun at a 12-year-old boy. Eddie Ray Collins, 32, is charged with ...

An influential Louisiana lawmaker will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes such as fentanyl ...

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

LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the Long Beach Police Department launched a week-long anti-human trafficking operation in late January, leading to 12 juvenile […] ...

It's been nearly a week since police found the body of a man burned in a grass fire in Clarkston. Police believe the man was ...

Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Jackson, was found mortally wounded at a short-term rental home at 2033 Hercules Drive ...

Washington's Senate Bill 5296 is igniting intense debate over the future of the state’s juvenile justice system and ...

Thousands of students made threats after the Apalachee High shooting in Georgia, a Post analysis finds. Nearly 500 were arrested.

An elementary school principal has been arrested after allegedly throwing a massive boozy house party for over 100 juveniles, authorities said. The incident occurred on Jan. 19 when authorities from ...

We need to change that.” About 37,000 Kentuckians are behind bars, according to Prison Policy Initiative data. The majority — 19,000 — are in state prisons. PPI data shows Black Kentuckians and ...

With fewer juveniles behind bars, many states have shuttered youth facilities. Today America has 58 percent fewer of them than it did in 2000. Large facilities — those holding more than 100 ...