Nearly twenty years ago, the Odessa American introduced the community to a determined young man trekking across the state of Texas in a lawnmower to benefit St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. Now a ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - A former juvenile correctional officer is charged with criminal abuse following two separate incidents that happened last year. Kentucky State Police Post 1 said it learned about ...

Juvenile correction staff allowed a teenager with a history of suicide attempts to drink bleach and locked him in solitary confinement for days at a time, according to a new federal lawsuit detailing ...

Gov. Jeff Landry's administration plans to reopen the Jetson Center for Youth in Baker (pictured above) later this year. The juvenile justice facility was shut down over a decade ago. (Photo by Julie ...

Outside the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Wash., on Thursday, May 29, 2025, where a new juvenile detention center called Harbor Heights will soon ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Youth Services, on Friday, announced it will be building four smaller juvenile detention facilities in Bedford and Grafton to replace the larger Cuyahoga Hills ...

In imposing the adult sentence in September 2024, Dellick said Thomas will serve five years of post release control when he leaves adult prison. She gave him credit against his sentence for the ...

Members of a Texas legislative panel sharply dressed down the state’s Juvenile Justice Department on Tuesday, accusing the agency of dismissing a 72-page federal report alleging widespread abuse and ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Four people have been indicted following an investigation into incidents at Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center, according to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The ...

ABERDEEN — For the past few weeks, Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young men held there. Rochelle is trying to ...