Nine men and two women are suing after they say they were sexually assaulted as children while being held in juvenile lockups ...

An investigation into the attack revealed that only half of the required eight employees were on duty at the time of the ...

State police in Westmoreland County had to stop what they are calling a riot at a juvenile detention center over the weekend.

At times children in the SC agency’s custody have to sleep in plastic cots on the floor because of overcrowding.

State investigators said longtime Adair County superintendent wrongly accused teen, failed to provide mental health ...

Abuse allegations from boys once held at Cumberland County's Juvenile Detention Center are now are the basis of a lawsuit in ...

The Ohio Department of Youth Services is planning to build four small juvenile detention centers in Bedford and Grafton, to ...

In a joint letter, the mayors of Colorado’s largest cities called for a tougher response to youth crime and protested ...

Minors held in juvenile detention in Philadelphia are routinely locked in their rooms for days on end, in violation of state ...

The total time youths were confined to their rooms in Nebraska juvenile facilities more than doubled in the past year, ...

The former superintendent of a Kentucky juvenile detention center that was the site of a riot resigned in December ...

Grant County is currently failing to meet its legal and moral obligations to provide a juvenile detention facility. This deficiency not only violates Washington state law but also fails to address the ...