A new Ohio study showed youth mental health is influenced by family, peers, trauma and interactions with the juvenile justice ...

A number of strategies are explored to prevent juvenile justice involvement and the negative impact of youth incarceration on youth and their families. Trauma-based interventions and efforts to ...

Citing a lack of bedspace for incarcerated youth, the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice has asked state lawmakers to give the agency another $28 million in state funds for the next budget cycle.

I first entered the juvenile justice system when I was just 15. After bouncing in and out for a few years, I aged out at 18 and found myself completely on my own. I wanted to get on a better path. But ...

In rural America, a child’s path from a first-time misdemeanor to a detention cell often has less to do with the severity of ...

The Peoria police chief said police and prosecutors need the proper tools to end the cycle of juvenile violence.

Legislation that would establish a comprehensive framework for identifying and treating high-acuity youth in Kentucky’s ...

Two cases involving Tennessee children with autism illustrate the harsh, complex realities they face in the juvenile justice ...

11 MOBILE APP. BALTIMORE CITY STATE’S ATTORNEY I CALLED OUT THE MAYOR TODAY ON THE C4 BRIAN NIEMAN RADIO PROGRAM. YEAH, HE SAID, WE NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM CITY HALL, BUT HE DECLINED TO ELABORATE.

Paducah, has filed Senate Bill 125, the latest measure in his multi-year effort to reform Kentucky’s juvenile justice system by focusing on youth ...