One of the most closely watched local races is for Oregon's 4th Congressional District. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, ...

Fenton Judicial Center, where Lawrence District Court is located, will be closed all week as clean up continues after a small fire.

Karen Keith’s fellow county commissioners are defending the Tulsa mayoral candidate against allegations of youth abuse ...

That decline in population at the detention center was a deliberate shift that began ... Bohl said. Since 2003, federal regulations require secure juvenile facilities to maintain 1:8 staffing ratios ...

New juvenile justice laws will be implemented Friday in Maryland that ... What’s more, our predecessors failed to draw down millions in federal funding to support efforts to tackle juvenile crime. We ...

The Prison Rape Elimination Act, passed more than 20 years ago, created a channel for filing reports that resulted in a ...

On Aug. 8, the juvenile center was written up for housing six inmates OJJ said should be in an adult correctional facility.

In the months since the law has taken effect, Lafayette has been scrambling to figure out who should house 17-year-olds, and ...

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The city’s child welfare agency said the report doesn’t reflect the “current improved status” in its two youth lock-ups.

Over 60 additional cases involving the sexual abuse of children at Pennsylvania Juvenile and Residential Treatment Centers ...

A set of newly filed lawsuits by people who claim they were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile detention and ...