A new problem related to Baton Rouge's jail is mounting beyond its decrepit conditions: Its rising cost to taxpayers.

The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission on Wednesday fined a former juvenile justice guard $5,000 for engaging in ...

Pennsylvania middle school teacher Ashley Autumn Mongell is allegedly a bit of a kidder. Mongell, 30, now faces up to seven years in prison for allegedly sending nudes to a 14-year-old boy. Cops say ...

Dallas County announced the hiring of H. Lynn Hadnot in January as Executive Director of the Juvenile Department. He came ...

The North Lake Processing Center in west Michigan has only been open a little more than a month, but it already houses more immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement than the rest of ...

Elena Bardin, a former teacher at the state’s juvenile detention center in Adair County, had a relationship with a teen ...

Elena Bardin is charged with having an illegal relationship with a student in a detention facility and soliciting him to ...

Staff and authority figures at youth detention centers have been accused of using their power to abuse children in their care. Many survivors say they were silenced or ignored. By filing a juvenile ...

A 15-year-old housed at Milwaukee County's Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center had his fingertip amputated following a use-of-force incident earlier this year, according to a new legal filing. On ...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The death of a Kansas inmate following a struggle with jail staff has been ruled a homicide and the case referred to prosecutors to determine whether to file charges, authorities ...