As the system weighs incarceration vs. rehabilitation, experts say patchwork of strategies leave gaps in the bars for ...

This metric measures the incarceration rate of juveniles ages 10 to the upper age limit for juvenile delinquency in a state per 100,000 in the population, using data from the Office of Juvenile ...

The 17-year-old accused of stabbing a local woman who was house-sitting in April 2024 will be tried as an adult, according to ...

We need to hold multiple truths — that the detention of juveniles should be rare, and for those in the system, we need to ...

The public defender’s office says detectives’ account indicates the victim and 13-year-old defendant were in a confrontation ...

A teen mom grew up in Philly’s child-welfare system. When she gave birth in juvenile detention, the system took her daughter.

A bill in the Illinois statehouse aims to change the state’s approach of juvenile incarceration, arguing the system needs to allow for more rehabilitation. State Senator Rachel Ventura (D-Joliet) ...

The new counties will also receive research and programming support from the Vera Institute of Justice, a national advocacy and research organization that seeks to end mass incarceration, to analyze ...

Jeff Landry has secured $42 million to reopen a youth prison in the Baton Rouge area, part of his push to expand juvenile ...

Otte will cover the justice system in Connecticut, including law enforcement, immigration, incarceration and juvenile justice ...

While experts have pushed for changes to the juvenile justice system to promote rehabilitation over incarceration, the patchwork of methods and the often-limited resources mean many states are ...