Hundreds sue over alleged sexual abuse in Illinois youth detention centers Brian Stafford ... “We’re not trying to throw the book at them,” said a detective with the Morgan County Sheriff ...

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

In 2014, a state inspector wrote up an incident, caught on video at the juvenile detention center, in which a staffer ... “There’s not a book, no instruction. Nothing. It’s just a room ...

The 115 new alleged victims, who each brought suit on Monday, joined hundreds of other survivors who have filed cases since ...

A new wave of sexual assault complaints has been levied against the City of New York, bringing the total number of alleged ...

The 16-year-old being held in a Greeley youth detention center who suffered a medical emergency in October died from complications of acute fentanyl toxicity, the Weld County coroner ruled.

County officials there said they had to scramble to find housing in detention centers in other counties and accused the state Juvenile Justice Commission of failing to manage the issue.

BLOOMINGTON — McLean County is home to one of the 10 juvenile detention centers in Illinois that have not passed state inspections in the last two years, according to an Illinois Department of ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked on whether a former worker at New Hampshire's youth detention center raped a 14-year-old boy in 1998 ...

Philadelphia incarcerates a higher percentage of teenagers than any other major American city. Once in the system, kids are ...