A Maryland commission is recommending that the state do away with its practice of automatically charging youth as adults for certain crimes, saying it doesn't improve public safety and can harm the ...

The Kerala High Court has issued directions to ensure the effective implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and also the guidelines laid down by the Supreme ...

Pennsylvania is seeing major progress in the effort to keep justice-involved youth from ending up back in custody as the state’s Balance and Restorative Justice model turns 30. Data from the latest ...

Some states keep adding beds in already troubled facilities, while others are trying alternative approaches to detention or ...

Judge Chantelle Porter of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court addressed “Child Protection and Juvenile Justice in DuPage County” ...

D.C. Council approves emergency juvenile curfew extension, but concerns persist. Child tax credit secured, but debates ...

Experts testifying before a Senate committee recommended bills that support diversion programs for juvenile offenders, which have been shown to reduce recidivism and lead to better outcomes for ...

Judge Harris began there as a lawyer. In 1989 he represented Alan Swanson and other defendants wrongfully arrested after the ...

People stood holding signs and shouting chants Wednesday at the Payne County Courthouse in a protest against the outcome of the sexual assault cases against Jesse Butler. Coordinators had planned the ...

A North Brunswick juvenile faces charges after a bomb threat disrupted voting at Livingston Park Elementary, part of a wave ...

Plenty of court intervention programs exist in Baton Rouge, though District Attorney Hillar Moore said there are few, if any, around the country that take in youth caught with guns. “Ours is really ...