Tayvon Erwin-Morrison led a planned, group escape from a Lincoln youth detention center last summer after learning a Douglas County judge was not releasing him to the community.

A Lancaster County judge sentenced a 16-year-old to more than two decades behind bars, saying the professionals got it wrong ...

A Lancaster County judge sentenced a 16-year-old to more than two decades behind bars, saying the professionals got it wrong when they recommended his release back into society.

In a circle of chairs filled with young people, many who have had contact with the justice system, two men whose lives were ...

Marco Rubio proudly announced the possibility of deporting anyone in detention or in prison—including Americans.

Jurors didn't find a drug dealer responsible for the deaths of his customers, but prosecutors urged a judge to send him to ...

The murderer formerly known as Steven Joseph Hayes says she's now at peace — though still haunted by the killings she regrets ...

The Young and the Restless’ real Damian appears and the fake one is revealed to be a man named Holden. Why is Damian playing ...

A former surgeon has been accused of abusing 299 young patients, many of whom were under anesthetic, with his case set to go ...

Overcrowding at Washington’s biggest juvenile detention center has grown to crisis levels over the past year. A slew of bills in Olympia look to chip away at the problem. Some measures set a cap that, ...

Cancel anytime. A retired Omaha fire captain convicted of sexually assaulting three young girls died in a Nebraska state prison on Monday. Dunbar Lee Dunbar died at the age of 73 at the Reception ...

Washington faces a fork in the road on efforts to turn youth prisons into rehabilitation centers, and progressive lawmakers ...