Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion.

A 17-year-old boy was booked into juvenile detention Friday for possessing images of children engaged in sexually explicit ...

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The Permian Basin community continues to learn more about Jayda Floyd, the young juvenile probation officer killed in the ...

Ector County officials are preparing to welcome home Jayda Floyd, a beloved juvenile detention officer who died during the ...

Jayda Floyd graduated from UTPB in the Spring of 2024 with a psychology degree. She returned to pursue her master's in ...

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The Knox County Commission on June 23 overhauled decades of leadership at the troubled juvenile detention center.

This week, crews are wrapping up a detention basin project in a Marana neighborhood to help when monsoon storms roll through.

Milwaukee is on track to become a hub for housing juvenile offenders, in a coordinated effort to shut down the problem-plagued Lincoln Hills facility.

Mass immigration arrests have led to overcrowding in detention facilities, with reports of unsanitary and inhumane conditions.

Canadian officials are “urgently seeking more information” after a Canadian citizen died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a detention center in Florida ...