Commissioners are concerned over the increase in length of stay and the racial disparities in DCYC's latest report.

The Legislature's criminal justice and public safety committee approved the bill, with some amendments, on Wednesday.

An Owensboro man was arrested on multiple charges after authorities say sexually explicit photos and videos of a juvenile ...

An inmate in the Dallas County jail has been charged in Hickory County for alleged sexual abuse of a seven-year-old girl.

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

A 15-year-old who is accused of shooting a 9-year-old last week was wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet that helped police ...

A former high-ranking officer with the South Carolina Department of Corrections is being accused of giving highly sensitive ...

Pop Smoke murder defendant Corey Walker pleaded guilty to home invasion robbery and voluntary manslaughter under a deal including 29 years in prison ...

A Kentucky juvenile justice guard broke the arms of two teens at McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Paducah, ...

A district court on Tuesday ordered a young killer whose crime spree spanned from Omaha to Lincoln to prison. The said it was necessary to keep people safe. The Omaha teen committed murder as a ...

HB252 aims to regulate juvenile detention relationships, enforce housing by biological sex and limit medical transitions for ...

Thousands of students made threats after the Apalachee High shooting in Georgia, a Post analysis finds. Nearly 500 were arrested.