A first: Juvenile in Tulsa County detention center graduates from TPS
No student had previously completed the qualifications to graduate while in custody, but the Phoenix Rising program enabled ...
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Facility dog brings calmness for youths in Benton County Juvenile Detention Center
Kellen Constant had to stand by and watch a 13-year-old girl cry after learning about the unexpected death of her mother.
Hundreds claim they were sexually assaulted at NYC juvenile detention centers as part of decades-long cycle of abuse: ‘They want justice’
The 115 new alleged victims, who each brought suit on Monday, joined hundreds of other survivors who have filed cases since ...
Improving juvenile detention means fewer teens arrested, accountability for abusive staff | Editorial
Philadelphia incarcerates a higher percentage of teenagers than any other major American city. Once in the system, kids are ...
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McLean County's Juvenile Detention Center among the state facilities not passing inspections. Here's how they hope to improve.
Officials who work with the county's juvenile justice system say they made marked improvements over the previous year and ...
Teens say staff gave them cheesesteaks to assault other kids, and more takeaways from our youth justice investigation
An Inquirer investigation found Philadelphia has become an outlier in its rate of youth incarceration, as cities across the ...
Gov. Lujan Grisham discusses changes needed to reduce crime
Two of Gov. Lujan Grisham's biggest priorities are updating the children's code and holding people who break the law ...
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Hundreds claim they were sexually assaulted at NYC juvenile detention centers as part of decades-long cycle of abuse: ‘They want justice’
Jerome Block, a partner at Levy Konigsberg — the firm behind the nearly 540 cases — said that kids today are still being sent to Crossroads and Horizon Juvenile Detention Center in the South ...
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Manhunt underway in part of North Carolina for man who escaped detention center
DROPPING KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL ... after authorities say a man escaped from a detention center. Detention Center officers said at 4 p.m. Sunday they found John Matthew Nigh missing from his cell.
DCFS has made small steps in improving child placement but troubling issues persist
Illinois’ child welfare agency has made small steps in improving how kids in its care are placed, but problems persist.
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Immigrant faces deportation after traffic stop in Texas, sparking more fear
A week ago, 29-year-old Jose Alvaro and his wife Ashley went out to buy some baby formula in Lubbock with their three kids ...