The inmate population at Westmoreland County Prison has swelled ... to increase the number of teens housed next door at the county’s juvenile detention center in Hempfield.

Two children in the shelter program at Westmoreland County’s juvenile ... across the parking lot from the juvenile detention center. Kline said 128 inmates, about 24% of the facility’s ...

Boettger on Monday told members of Westmoreland County's prison board that released inmates have become a ... includes the county-owned nursing home, juvenile detention center, forensic ...

County leaders for months have planned for the reopening of Westmoreland's juvenile detention center. Five new staff members have been hired since Thanksgiving and the roster of employees is now ...

TROOPERS SAY AT THIS POINT THEY’RE NOT ABLE TO RELEASE WHETHER OR NOT THE TWO TEENS WILL FAC State police said two teenagers who escaped the Westmoreland County Juvenile Detention Center in ...

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- The statewide crisis involving the juvenile justice system takes a step in the right direction today as Westmoreland County's juvenile detention center is ready ...

Nov. 6—Westmoreland County commissioners have agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed excessive force was used against a teen at the county's juvenile detention center in Hempfield. In the ...

Sep. 15—Westmoreland County's shuttered juvenile detention center could reopen as early as next month, officials said Thursday. The 16-bed detention program at the Regional Youth Services Center ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — State police in Westmoreland County had to stop what they are calling a riot at a juvenile detention center over the weekend. Four teenagers are being charged as adults for ...

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two teens who escaped from a juvenile detention center over the weekend are back in custody. But, a Westmoreland County official said the two weren’t being held in ...