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 ...

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” ...

Each year, hundreds of Georgia’s youths leave juvenile justice facilities hoping for a brighter future. Helping them stay on ...

State Attorney Monique Worrell highlighted staffing and funding challenges, and renewed calls for legislative changes to ...

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

A $50 million project to reshape Minnehaha County's Juvenile Detention Center is nearing a crucial step in a plan to create a "one-stop shop" for juvenile justice that officials say will bring ...

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 ...

Juvenile justice experts gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday for a joint hearing of the House Children and Youth and Judiciary committees.

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